Curtis Morrison condemns holding children accountable for relatives' acts
Curtis MorrisonAttorney on the family's legal team
Morrison said it is shameful that Secretary Rubio takes the position that children should be held accountable for the acts of their parents and grandparents.
“It is shameful that Secretary Rubio takes the position that children should be held accountable for the acts of their parents and grandparents”
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Where this statement fits
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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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.
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The Tribune described Rubio's rationale for the family's detention.
After the quotation
The article later quotes a DHS statement about the family.
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Why this label?
The reference point is whether ICE detained the family for what the children's grandmother did. Morrison calls it "shameful that Secretary Rubio takes the position that children should be held accountable for the acts of their parents and grandparents", treating the detention as punishment for relatives' acts. That denounces the action, so we labeled it Condemned. The closest competing label is Challenged characterization; it loses because he condemns the position outright rather than only disputing how it is described.
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“we're doing internment camps again.”Read statement
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