INS falsely promised three-day detentions that stretched far longer

Evidence

Rasha kept thinking about what the INS official had told them at Federal Plaza: that they would be detained for three days tops, then deported. But when they joined the general population, another realization hit her. They were going to be staying for a while. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 97

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• QUESTION: Worth checking: how long did Rasha’s family actually end up detained, and what was the official INS deportation timeline?