Nonilex2h ago

Unforgivable

#Pregnant woman from #Ghana detained with her 4-year-old #child at Dulles Airport, #ACLU says

The pair had arrived seeking #medical treatment & have been in a windowless room for more than a week, according to their lawyers.

#Trump #law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #HumanitarianLaw #InternationalLaw

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https://wapo.st/4vbso49

Pregnant woman from Ghana detained with child at Dulles Airport, ACLU says

The pair had arrived seeking medical treatment and have been in a windowless room for more than a week, according to their lawyers.

The Washington Post
Show threadNonilex2h ago
#Immigration authorities have detained a pregnant woman & her 4-yo son at Dulles Intl Airport for over a week, after they arrived from #Ghana on a #tourist #visa seeking #medical treatment & were then taken into custody, their lawyers allege in a court filing.

Anabella Gyasi, 38, arrived in the US May 19 after securing a visa & an appointment for her son at Akron Children’s Hospital in Ohio, where she hoped her son would get care for a physical abnormality affecting his hands, acc/to the #ACLU.
Show threadNonilex2h ago

#US #CBP officers asked her if she feared persecution in her home country, said Eden Heilman, the legal director of the #ACLU’s Virginia branch. Gyasi answered that she did because of her son’s #disability. CBP then classified her as an #asylum applicant & moved to nullify her #tourist #visa, Heilman said.

#Trump #law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #HumanitarianLaw #InternationalLaw

Show threadNonilex2h ago

“If she hadn’t answered that question honestly, she would have been well on her way to her child’s doctor’s appointment,” Heilman said.

The #State Dept last month instructed diplomatic missions to ask applicants for nonimmigrant visas if they fear returning home to their country, & to REFUSE travel documents for those who say yes. It was unclear whether that policy was related to Gyasi’s #detention.

#Trump #law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #HumanitarianLaw #InternationalLaw

Show threadTelH90

@Nonilex what do we learn from this?

  • Never answer a question like that honestly!

#NotLegalAdvice

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Show threadJackMex2h ago

@kkarhan @Nonilex

Also, that compassion is dead in the US government, but cruelty is rampant.

Show threadTelH902h ago

@JackMexa4 @Nonilex I'm not even shure society in the USA knows the meaning of compassion…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsXEkR5OVs

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Show threadJackMex44m ago

@kkarhan @Nonilex

In total honesty, US society would have crumbled already without all the compassionate people of all colors volunteering, donating money and time, protesting, protecting others…

Unfortunately, people who hold most of the power, wealth, and influence in the US are a bunch of greedy sociopaths.