Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans nearly 50 years arrested outside Lakeview home [View all]

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As usual, there was no reason given for the arrest.


Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans nearly 50 years arrested outside Lakeview home
The arrest highlights how Trump's immigration crackdown has ensnared people who were long allowed to stay in the U.S. as their cases unfolded.

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/national_politics/iran-new-orleans-woman-arrested/article_bcfdc93e-01dc-4021-b5f8-a91ded5ed784.html

By JAMES FINN | Staff writer 22 hrs ago


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Mandonna "Donna" Kashanian prepares food in her kitchen in the Navarre neighborhood of New Orleans.
Photo provided by the family



An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years and has no criminal record was detained by federal agents Sunday morning as she gardened outside her Lakeview home.

Mandonna "Donna" Kashanian, 64, was handcuffed and placed in the back of a pickup truck by agents who arrived in three unmarked vehicles, a witness said. She was transported to Hancock County, Mississippi, where she spent a night in the local jail before being moved to the South Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Basile.

Kashanian came to the United States in 1978 on a student visa and eventually applied for asylum, but her claim was denied. Federal officials granted her a reprieve to stay in the country provided she follow the law and appear at regular immigration appointments. Family members say Kashanian never missed one of those appointments and has never been accused of a crime.