March 5 (Reuters) - U.S. agents unlawfully detained an Afghan family of five at Los Angeles International Airport and have been holding them for several days in California, according to legal papers filed in federal court in California by human rights lawyers. The wife and children, aged 7 years, 6 years, and 8 months, were also not named. The family arrived in the United States on Thursday and was almost immediately taken into custody by CBP agents at the Los Angeles airport, the filing said. Trump issued a directive in January suspending travel to the United States by citizens of seven mostly Muslim countries. The Jan. 27 order caused chaos at airports around the world in the following days as visa holders heading to the United States were pulled off planes or turned around on arrival at U.S. airports.

Source: Huffington Post March 05, 2017 21:33 UTC