Tim Miller says ICE punished Hashemi family for a relative's actions
Tim MillerPolitical podcaster and Bulwark commentator
Miller condemned the action as punishment for family association rather than individual threat.
“We are imprisoning Maryam, Eissa, and their teenage son not because they are a threat to national security—but because of something a family member did before any of them were born.”
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Did ICE Detain an Entire Family for What Eissa Hashemi’s Mother Did?
On April 11, 2026, the U.S. State Department said it had terminated the lawful permanent resident status of Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son, and that ICE had them in custody pending removal. Officials cited family ties and foreign-policy or national-security grounds; the family, its lawyers, and other commentators have disputed the action as family-based punishment. This case records those competing positions without deciding the legal validity of the action or the family’s current status.
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Primary record of Miller’s editorial position. The factual assertions in the essay are not treated as established solely because Miller made them.
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Miller introduced the family’s reported detention and separated confinement in a bylined Bulwark essay.
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He urged readers to support the family and contact elected officials; his factual assertions remain his reported account unless independently sourced.
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Why this label?
His bylined essay explicitly describes the confinement as unjust family-based punishment.
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