Indian-origin Meenu Batra, who was detained by the ICE for being an undocumented individual in the US living since 1991, is still not in the clear after she was released from six-week ICE detention, his attorney Deepak Ahluwalia said in an interview. The release was a victory and now she can't be detained again without notice, but they are now pushing for a military parole for her, as her son is in the US Army, so that Batra can get a Green Card.
Ahluwalia said the detention was absolutely unnecessary as Batra had been living in the US for 35 years, paying taxes and working as a legal interpreter for courts. She was never called by the ICE or given no inkling but was cornered by ICE agents when she was on a work trip like she was some cartel member. Batra could not be deported to India as there was an earlier court order to this effect and the administration was planning to send her to a third country. Ahluwalia said no name of a third country came up during the six weks of detention from the side of the administration as they had no plan.
