Pregnant woman and son fly home to Ghana after being detained for over a week at Dulles Airport | CNN

A pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son, who spent more than a week confined to “a windowless room with a single bed and toilet” at Washington Dulles International Airport after arriving on tourist visas, are on a flight back to their home country of Ghana following a federal judge’s order Friday, according to the ACLU of Virginia. Hours before, US District Judge Leonie Brinkema stated in her order that “the welfare of the petitioners and the interests of justice are best served by allowing petitioners to return home immediately.” Earlier, Brinkema told the US government Friday that the pregnant woman, who came to the United States from Ghana for a medical appointment for her child but also acknowledged to authorities she planned to seek asylum, must be released from the hold room at the airport before the end of the day. “She cannot spend tonight at Dulles,” said Brinkema, a Clinton nominee to the federal bench, at a hearing in Alexandria, Virginia. “One way or another, we’re going to get her out.” Her attorneys argued she had been held at the airport illegally, while the government said her tourist visa was not valid because Gyasi “admitted under oath … he

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