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Texas mother of 4 says "no one is safe" after spending more than 6 weeks in ICE custody

www.cbsnews.com·Shanelle Kaul·25 days ago
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By , Costanza Maio, Suvro Banerji, Elli Fitzgerald May 7, 2026 / 1:13 PM EDT / CBS News Add CBS News on Google After spending more than six weeks in ICE custody, a Texas single mother of four said she is "absolutely" fearful of it happening again. "No one is safe," Meenu Batra said in an exclusive interview with CBS News. But she added,"I believe in the system. I believe I have the documents." Born in India, Batra said she has been living and working legally in the U.S. for decades. The court translator spent 45 days in ICE custody after she was arrested on March 17 at a Texas airport while on her way to Milwaukee for work. "They told me you're here illegally," Batra previously told CBS News while in detention at El Valle Detention Facility in Raymondville, Texas, which is located near the U.S.-Mexico border. "And I said, 'No, sir, I have my documents with me, in my bag right now.'" Now that she's been released, she described the uncertainty while she was detained, saying, "you become small.…

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