Two Iranian-born asylum-seekers who have been active for the past three years at an Episcopal church in suburban Washington, D.C., are fighting for their freedom after being detained by federal immigration agents and threatened with deportation.
Their congregation, St. Thomas Episcopal Church in McLean, Virginia, is praying for and rallying behind the two adult sisters, Mahan and Mozhan Motahari, as their lawyer argues for their release from a detention facility in Florida. An initial court date for one of the women is Dec. 10.