A Texas courtroom interpreter who spent years helping migrants understand immigration proceedings was detained by DHS for more than six weeks this spring.
Meenu Batra had been granted legal protection from deportation to India in 2000 and lived without incident for 25 years.
A federal judge ordered her release, finding she was arrested and detained for no discernible reason with no change in circumstance.
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As a courtroom interpreter in Texas’ immigration system, it was Meenu Batra’s job to make sure migrants understood the proceedings of immigration court – the good and the bad.
