Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch
Role at the time: Immigration attorney representing the man's family, in a post on X
Challenged the characterization
Statement summary
In a post on X, the man's attorney wrote that he entered legally and has a valid work permit, disputing DHS's description of him as an illegal alien who illegally entered.
“Wilber entered legally and has a valid work permit.”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch's post on X about the man's status · Kate Lincoln-GoldfinchPost text
The family's attorney's post on X, in which she states the man's entry and work-permit status and calls for his release.
Why we used this label
Relative to DHS's account, the attorney disputes DHS's description of the man's entry and status. She does not speak to the investigation in this quotation, so the response is a challenge to the description. Closest competing label: condemns loses because this passage disputes a characterization rather than criticizing DHS's conduct.