![]() ![]() ![]() NAJI-TALAKAR: Thank you for sharing our story. Thank you and her as well, we appreciate it. Especially for your grandmother who is of advanced age and health challenged as well. I think everyone would say that's unacceptable. She said it felt like a prison to her.īRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: Eight ounces of water in ten hours, no food. She said they were escorted like prisoners to the bathroom if they needed. They only offered eight ounces of water throughout the ten-hour detention. Her main concern is there was no consideration for people like her when coming into the country. And someone at her age, she has had two triple bypass surgeries, COPD, arthritis. It is over a 20 hours of flight, 40 hours of travel. But at this moment she's not sure if she's willing to put herself through that process again. ![]() She was concerned she wouldn't be able to visit us, her son, granddaughters and ever see us again in the future.īRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: Is she confident she will be able to do that now there seems to be clarification on green card holders? She has a green card, she's had a green card since 1997. She is very old she probably most likely not visit America again. She's got a strong willpower but she wouldn't too frantic, but I could tell she was scared. My mission here is to get you and take you home. And I let her know I'm not going anywhere. NAJI-TALAKAR: Well, she actually told me to go a hotel room because she had no idea when she would be let go. They would be given no answers they would just be told to go back and sit down and wait.īRIANNA KEILAR, CNN ANCHOR: When she was talking to you on the phone was she upset? Was she remaining calm? You know, what was her concern? Did she feel like perhaps she was going to be turned back? Or did she feel confident it was just a matter of time? They didn't know if they were being taken back to be deported or let go. SIAVOSH NAJI-TALAKAR, GRANDMOTHER DETAINED AT LAX: In her room, the panic, tension and anxiety started to raise every time somebody was grabbed and taken back. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. ![]() Report: Grandmother from Iran Held 9 Hours at LAX Ford CEO Joins Companies Opposed to Travel Ban Trump Travel Ban Unleashes Global Chaos. ![]()
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