An ISIS bride born in the United States is insisting that she should be allowed to return to her country of birth despite President Donald Trump saying otherwise.
NBC News talked with 24-year-old Hoda Muthana, who is currently in a camp for refugees in northeast Syria. Her 18-month-old son is with her as well, and the pair is in an area of the al-Houl Camp for ISIS families from foreign countries.
"I know in fact that I was a citizen. When I tried filing for a passport it was very easy. It came in 10 days," Muthana told NBC. "So, I thought I didn't have a problem, and I'm sure there is no problem and I know my lawyer hopefully is working on it and he will win the case."
Muthana, whose father was a Yemeni diplomat, was born in New Jersey. She lived in Alabama before traveling to Syria to join the Islamic State terror group in 2014 after she became radicalized.
With ISIS' territory now taken back by coalition forces, Muthana — who was in college when she decided to join ISIS and eventually married two ISIS fighters — wants to come back to her country of birth. Both of her husbands were killed in fighting and she claims to have escaped from the terror group.
Muthana did acknowledge, however, that "I'll be given jail time" for joining ISIS if she is allowed to return.
Trump insisted earlier this week that Muthana will not be allowed to come back to the U.S., a message also conveyed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
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