After decades in the U.S., Iranians arrested in Trump’s deportation drive

Mandonna “Donna” Kashanian lived in the United States for 47 years, married a U.S. citizen and raised their daughter.

- GNS News Agency, July 7

She was gardening in the yard of her New Orleans home when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers handcuffed and took her away, her family said.Ms. Kashanian arrived in 1978 on a student visa and applied for asylum, fearing retaliation for her father's support of the U.S.-backed shah. She lost her bid, but she was allowed to remain with her husband and child if she checked in regularly with immigration officials, her husband and daughter said. She complied, once checking in from South Carolina during Hurricane Katrina. She is now being held at an immigration detention centre in Basile, Louisiana, while her family tries to get information.