Opinion ID: 2453
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Airport Interview (June 6, 2003)

Text: On June 6, 2003, petitioner and her son were detained at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York while attempting to enter the country. Later that same day, petitioner was interviewed by an immigration inspector. Petitioner received the assistance of a Mandarin interpreter, through whom she conveyed that she understood that the purpose of this interview was to determine whether she should be temporarily admitted into the United States despite her apparent inadmissibility. In response to the inspector's question about whether she had any fears or concerns about being removed from the United States or being sent back to [her] home country, petitioner stated: I am afraid because I had by pass [ sic ] surgery on my heart and the government was forcing me not to have any more children. The government wanted me to go to a hospital and have a birth control device implant inside of me. She further stated that she had been kept in detention for two days because [she] refused to have the birth control operation. In response to the inspector's question about whether she would be harmed if returned to her home country, petitioner stated: If I am sent back I would die. Petitioner then affirmed that she had read the transcript of her statement (or had it read to her), that her answers were true and correct to the best of [her] knowledge, and that this statement [wa]s a full, true and correct record of [her] interrogation.