Curtis Morrison

Role
Attorney for the family
Statement date

"There’s no specific allegations related to these three individuals other than their familial relationship."

Source and context

Reporting

Associated Press report on the family seeking release (opens in a new tab)Statements by Curtis Morrison, Stephanie Knox, Jake Hart, Tommy Pigott, Kiyanoush Razaghi, and Masih Alinejad

About this source

Associated Press reporting republished by NewsNation. It is used to attribute named speakers’ responses, not to establish the disputed claims themselves.

Reporting

Texas Tribune report on extended family detention at Dilley (opens in a new tab)Discussion of the Hashemi–Tahmasebi family and Curtis Morrison’s comments

About this source

Reporting source on family detention at Dilley. It is used to attribute remarks by the family’s attorney and to provide reported detention context; it does not resolve the underlying legal dispute.

Before the quotation

Morrison was quoted in reporting about the family’s challenge to detention and removal.

After the quotation

The reports describe the government’s foreign-policy rationale separately; this record attributes Morrison’s contrary position.

Challenged the characterization
How this statement is classified

The statement directly disputes the case-specific basis offered for the detention.

Recorded on
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