US EditionWoman Detained by ICE in Front of Her Home
ORLEANS PARISH, LOUISIANA, JUN 26 – Mandana Kashanian was detained by ICE for overstaying a visa despite nearly five decades of residency and no criminal record, amid a broader crackdown on Iranian nationals.
- Mandana Kashanian, a 64-year-old Iranian woman, was arrested by ICE outside her New Orleans home on Sunday and is detained in Louisiana pending removal.
- Kashanian entered the U.S. legally in 1978 on a student visa, later gained a stay of deportation while working through her immigration case, but officials said she failed to leave after multiple appeals.
- Her family says she has no criminal record, complied with all immigration requirements, has lived in the community nearly 50 years, and ran a Persian cooking show on YouTube.
- Her husband, Russell Milne, said she has always worked, paid taxes, and was about to qualify for Medicare, while court documents deemed her asylum claim fraudulent in 2001.
- Her detention occurred amid the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts, prompting her family to seek legal representation and attempt visitation during custody.
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