The New York Times reported of two 16 year-old girls that were detained because of a report that they are potential suicide bombers. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Reuters that the case is strickly an immigration matter. If that is so the why did the federal government have a judge issue a gag order on the case.

The girls are from Bangladesh and Guinea. Teachers at Heritage High School were outraged. Teacher Kimberly Lane said of the Guinean girl: ""This is a girl who's been in this country since she was 2 years old. She's just a regular teenager - like, two weeks ago her biggest worry was whether she'd done her homework or studied for a science test."

New York Times reporter Nina Bernstein tells NPR's Day To Day that the Bangladeshi girl had become a devote Muslim and was (maybe) involved with a young Muslim man. Her father thought she ran away and notified the authorities. The father felt this may have set off the whole chain of events. The other girl was popular and ran for student council in her school. Bernstein said the girls did not go to school together and no one is even sure if they knew each other.

The blog Detainment is covering this story as it develops.

(Crossposted at Last Day of My Life)

Posted by Michael on 4/19

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