Pregnant woman and son from Ghana have been detained for more than a week at Dulles Airport, attorneys say [View all]
Source: CNN
Anabella Gyasi and her 4-year-old son touched down at Washington Dulles International Airport more than a week ago on tourist visas. They are still there, her attorneys say, confined to “a windowless room with a single bed and toilet.”
A federal judge is set to hear arguments Friday on the future of the pregnant woman, who came to the United States from Ghana for a medical appointment for her child but also acknowledged to authorities she planned to seek asylum, according to court documents.
Her attorneys allege she is being held illegally.
“Ms. Gyasi secured the necessary visas for her son’s medical appointment, and by detaining them in dangerous conditions anyway, (Customs and Border Protection) is breaking the law and putting the Trump administration’s cruel anti-immigrant agenda before basic human dignity and the Constitution,” said attorney Dorna Maryam Movasseghi of the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia, which filed Gyasi’s court petition for release.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/29/us/ghana-woman-detained-dulles
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