Sikh Grandmother’s US Immigration Arrest Prompts Protests

Sikh Grandmother’s US Immigration Arrest Prompts Protests

The visiting room at California’s Mesa Verde ICE Processing Centre was so loud Harjit Kaur’s family could barely hear her. Then came the words that broke them: “I would rather die than be in this facility. May God just take me now,” said the 73-year-old grandmother, according to her daughter-in-law.Kaur — who has lived in California for more than 30 years, raised two sons, paid taxes, and worked as a seamstress — was arrested on 8 September. Sh…