voteinorout on Instagram: "Dr. Anita Patel highlights the urgent case of Meenu Batra, a licensed court interpreter in Texas, who was detained by ICE despite having valid work authorization. Her son serves in the US Army. #BringThemHome #MeenuBatra Meenu Batra, who fled to the US in 1991 after her parents’ murder, has been the only licensed Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu interpreter in Texas for 20 years. On March 17th, she was detained and now resides in the El Valle Detention Center. Dr. Patel urges public and legal support, emphasizing, “The only protection detainees have is social/media attention and lawyer support.” Texas representatives and senators are being called upon to assist, with Rep. Castro already involved. — I have personally spoken to this family over the last 24 hours - all information shared is publicly available and vetted. Her son enlisted in the US Army. Then ICE arrested his mother. Meenu Batra has been a court interpreter for 20 years — the only licensed Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu interpreter in Texas. She came here in 1991 fleeing the murder of her parents. A federal judge granted her withholding of removal. She had valid work authorization. None of that mattered on March 17th. Her name is Meenu Batra. Say it. Share it. She currently resides in the El Valle Detention Center outside of Raymondville, TX. PLEASE CALL YOUR TEXAS REPS AND SENATORS (and rest assured @repcastro is involved as always). The only protection detainees have is social/media attention and lawyer support. I can’t express how much sharing their stories help them (or perhaps I can express it through all the families we have helped get out of detention). Please do something today. Comment below for tools to advocate for her today! #BringThemHome #MeenuBatra Follow @anitakpatelmd for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy. - Thomas Jefferson"

16 likes, 0 comments - voteinorout on April 27, 2026: "Dr. Anita Patel highlights the urgent case of Meenu Batra, a licensed court interpreter in Texas, who was detained by ICE despite having valid work authorization. Her son serves in the US Army. #BringThemHome #MeenuBatra Meenu Batra, who fled to the US in 1991 after her parents’ murder, has been the only licensed Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu interpreter in Texas for 20 years. On March 17th, she was detained and now resides in the El Valle Detention Center. Dr. Patel urges public and legal support, emphasizing, “The only protection detainees have is social/media attention and lawyer support.” Texas representatives and senators are being called upon to assist, with Rep. Castro already involved. — I have personally spoken to this family over the last 24 hours - all information shared is publicly available and vetted. Her son enlisted in the US Army. Then ICE arrested his mother. Meenu Batra has been a court interpreter for 20 years — the only licensed Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu interpreter in Texas. She came here in 1991 fleeing the murder of her parents. A federal judge granted her withholding of removal. She had valid work authorization. None of that mattered on March 17th. Her name is Meenu Batra. Say it. Share it. She currently resides in the El Valle Detention Center outside of Raymondville, TX. PLEASE CALL YOUR TEXAS REPS AND SENATORS (and rest assured @repcastro is involved as always). The only protection detainees have is social/media attention and lawyer support. I can’t express how much sharing their stories help them (or perhaps I can express it through all the families we have helped get out of detention). Please do something today. Comment below for tools to advocate for her today! #BringThemHome #MeenuBatra Follow @anitakpatelmd for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy. - Thomas Jefferson".