Overview

• DHS agents detained two Iranian nationals in Los Angeles on June 24 after flagging them as national security risks, leaving them in Enforcement and Removal Operations custody.
• One of the women suffered a severe panic attack with convulsions during the operation, was treated by EMS at a hospital, and has since been discharged but remains detained.
• Both families entered the United States through CBP One appointments at the U.S.-Mexico border as asylum seekers fleeing persecution in Iran.
• Pastor Ara Torosian suspended services at Cornerstone Church after members of his Farsi-speaking congregation stayed home in fear following the raids.
• The detainees face removal proceedings in immigration court, complicated by Iran’s refusal to accept deportees and a Supreme Court ruling permitting removal to third countries.