Amrita Singh, the daughter of Meenu Batra, the Indian-origin legal interpreter of Texas who was detained by the ICE since March 17, broke her silence on people being treated inhumanely in the 'broken' immigration system of the US. "Who is benefiting from tearing families apart? This country was built by immigrants and I’m proud to be the daughter of one. Please help us bring my mom home," Singh wrote in a social media post.
"She immigrated to this country from India in the early 90’s after my grandparents tragically passed. Despite experiencing unimaginable grief and trauma, she came to the United States to be reunited with the rest of her family. She applied for asylum upon arrival (after 9 years of waiting), and was granted withholding of removal by an immigration judge in Newark, New Jersey in 2000. With that protection, she has worked and lived in the United States for 35 years now," Amrita wrote.
