A terrified mom has told Newsweek how she and her 10-month-old twins were tear gassed in her home by federal agents as she went to open her front door.

Maryioth Pascanales, a Honduran national, ran to a bathroom with her children, both U.S. citizens, when she saw the gas flow into her home, following a loud pounding on the door in Berclair, Memphis, at around 8 p.m.

"I grabbed the twins and tried to run to the door to open it, but that’s when it sounded like the security door was getting cut, and then saw the tear gas come through the holes in the door," Pascanales told Newsweek in a statement over email.

Now Pascanales, who felt unsafe in Honduras, says she doesn't feel safe anywhere and wants to leave the U.S.

Newsweek has contacted Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as w

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