2026年5月7日 / 美国东部时间下午1:13 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：沙内尔·考尔、科斯坦萨·马约、苏夫罗·班纳吉、埃利·菲茨杰拉德
在移民海关执法局（ICE）拘留所度过六周多后，一位德州单身母亲、四名子女的家长表示她“绝对”害怕类似事件再次发生。
“没人是安全的，”米努·巴特拉在接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的独家专访时说道。但她补充道：“我相信这套体制。我相信我有相关文件。”
巴特拉出生于印度，她表示自己已经在美国合法生活和工作数十年。
这位法庭译员于3月17日在德州一座机场被捕，当时她正前往密尔沃基出差，随后在移民海关执法局拘留所被关押了45天。
“他们告诉我，你在这里是非法的，”巴特拉此前在位于德州雷蒙德维尔的埃尔瓦莱拘留所接受哥伦比亚广播公司新闻采访时说道，该拘留所地处美墨边境附近。“我说，‘不，先生，我包里现在就带着我的文件呢。’”
如今她已获释，她描述了被拘留期间的不确定感，称“你会变得渺小。你开始相信自己或许并不平等，你不再被当作人看待。”
巴特拉表示，她在移民海关执法局拘留所遇到的大多数女性都并非暴力罪犯，而特朗普政府称其正针对这类人员。她补充道，将她们留在拘留所让她感到愧疚。
上周，一名联邦法官下令释放这位53岁的女性，裁定对她的拘留“没有任何明显理由”。
巴特拉的孩子们对她如今回到家中感到欣慰，但她表示，他们仍在努力消化所发生的一切。
“我女儿晚上睡不着觉，”巴特拉说。“她会留意我的安全。每当有汽车经过，她就会害怕有人来……抓你。”
巴特拉十几岁时逃到美国，当时她属于印度锡克教社区的父母在针对该宗教信徒的暴力事件中遇害。她申请了庇护，最终获得了“不予遣返”身份，但这一身份不允许她申请公民身份。不过，她的儿子贾斯珀几个月前参军了，这为她提供了一条公民身份之路，因为美国军人的父母有资格申请公民身份。
巴特拉针对美国政府的人身保护令请愿书旨在证明对她的拘留是非法的，目前仍在审理中。
在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中，国土安全部表示：“3月17日，移民海关执法局在一次针对性执法行动中逮捕了来自印度的非法移民米努·巴特拉。巴特拉曾在2000年被一名移民法官下达最终遣返令。她首次非法入境美国的日期和地点不明。一名由巴拉克·奥巴马任命的激进法官于4月30日将她从移民海关执法局拘留所释放。我们将继续争取将无权留在美国的非法移民遣返回国。”
巴特拉称国土安全部的这份声明“对法官和司法系统非常不尊重”。
“他们忘了移民也是人，人是有权利的，”她说。
德州母亲从移民海关执法局拘留所获释后发声
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/texas-mom-released-ice/
被移民海关执法局拘留六周多的德州母亲称她害怕类似事件再次发生
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Texas mother of 4 says “no one is safe” after spending more than 6 weeks in ICE custody
May 7, 2026 / 1:13 PM EDT / CBS News
By Shanelle Kaul, Costanza Maio, Suvro Banerji, Elli Fitzgerald
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. You start to believe that perhaps you are not equal, that you are not human.”
Batra said the majority of women she met in ICE detention are not violent criminals, who the Trump administration says it is going after. She added leaving them behind makes her feel guilty.
Last week a federal judge ordered the 53-year-old’s release, ruling that she had been detained for “no discernible reason.”
Batra’s children are relieved she’s now home, but she said they’re still grappling with what happened.
“My daughter doesn’t sleep at night time,” Batra said. “She keeps watch on me. Anytime a car passes by, she becomes fearful that somebody is here to … get you.”
Batra fled to the U.S. as a teenager after her parents, who were members of India’s Sikh community, were killed during an outbreak of violence against followers of the religion. She applied for asylum and was ultimately granted “withholding of removal” status, but that status did not allow her to apply for citizenship. However, her son Jasper joined the Army a few months ago and that offers her a path to citizenship because parents of U.S. service members are eligible to apply.
Batra’s habeas petition agains the U.S. government, which aims to prove her detainment was illegal, is still still pending.
In a statement to CBS News, the Department of Homeland Security said, “On March 17, ICE arrested Meenu Batra, an illegal alien from India, during a targeted enforcement operation. Batra was issued a final order of removal from an immigration judge in 2000. She first entered the country illegally at an unknown date and location. An activist judge appointed by Barack Obama RELEASED her from ICE custody on April 30. We will continue to fight for the removal of illegal aliens who have no right to be in our country.”
Batra called the statement from DHS “very disrespectful to the judges and judiciary.”
“They forget that aliens are humans and humans have rights,” she said.
Texas mom released from ICE custody speaks
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/texas-mom-released-ice/
Texas mom held in ICE custody for over 6 weeks says she’s fearful it could happen again
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