The Brief

LOS ANGELES - "I'm a desperate man trying to get his wife back, and I'm also trying to open people’s eyes that this is a danger to everyone. This is a threat to the very rule of law that underlies everything about our justice system, not just our immigration courts," said Tucker May.

May says he is running out of time. His wife, 38-year-old Barbara Gomes Marques, was arrested at what was supposed to be a routine green card interview at the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles. According to May, the interview initially appeared to go smoothly.

"He stood up and led us out of the interview area. As we were walking back toward the waiting area, he said, 'Oh, I forgot to make a copy of Barbara’s passport, and the copier nearby is broken. Barbara, why don’t you follow me down

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