A US federal judge has ruled that Anabella Gyasi, a pregnant woman from Ghana, and her four-year-old son can no longer remain detained at Washington Dulles International Airport after spending more than a week in holding conditions that sparked legal challenges and public concern.
US District Judge Leonie Brinkema made it clear during an emergency hearing in Alexandria, Virginia, that Gyasi could not remain at Dulles Airport any longer. According to CNN, the judge told government attorneys that the pregnant woman 'cannot spend tonight at Dulles' and insisted that officials find a way to remove her from the airport holding room before the end of the day. Although the court did not grant Gyasi permission to remain in the United States permanently, the decision effectively ended the conditions under which she and her son had been held since arriving on 19 May.
