Lawyers in the US have filed a petition seeking the release of an Afghan
family detained in the US, despite having valid entry visas.
A
couple and their three young children were taken into custody shortly
after their arrival at Los Angeles International Airport last week.
They had Special Immigrant Visas, granted for work done for the US military that put their lives at risk.
Afghanistan
was not among the countries listed on a now blocked US travel ban. The
original order prohibited the entry of immigrants from seven
Muslim-majority countries, but has since been halted by US federal
courts. The Trump administration is preparing a new executive order.
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