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Judge Halts Deportation Of Somalis Pending Suit Over Alleged ICE Abuse
December 20, 2017
A Miami federal judge on Tuesday stayed the removal of dozens of Somali nationals who were to be deported earlier this month.The Dec. 7 flight returned to the U.S. after a stop in Senegal due to “logi…
Wednesday December 20, 2017 Somali men shackled for nearly 48 hours on failed U.S. deportation flight, lawsuit alleges
December 20, 2017
Ninety-two Somali deportees were forced to sit on a plane for almost 48 hours in "completely appalling" conditions with shackles on their hands and feet, says a lawyer representing two of the men.Immi…
Somali men shackled for nearly 48 hours on failed U.S. deportation flight, lawsuit alleges
December 20, 2017
Ninety-two Somali deportees were forced to sit on a plane for almost 48 hours in "completely appalling" conditions with shackles on their hands and feet, says a lawyer representing two of the men.Immi…
"Slave Ship Conditions" for Somalis as Deportation Flight Sheds Light on Horrific Practices Under Trump
December 19, 2017
For nearly 48 hours, before a deportation flight bound for Somalia was rerouted back to the U.S., 92 people on board were shackled and denied food, water, and access to bathrooms.
Attorneys for 92 So…
Somalis were shackled for nearly 48 hours on failed US deportation flight
December 19, 2017
More than 90 Somali men and women were held shackled on an airplane for nearly 48 hours – and some were forced to urinate where they sat – during a failed attempt to deport them from the US, according…
Somalis shackled in ‘slave ship’ conditions without food or water during two-day deportation flight
December 18, 2017
Ninety-two Somali immigrants are calling out the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after they claim their deportation was like something off of a “slave ship” in the 1700s.A PRI report even det…
Somalis face 'slave ship conditions' on failed deportation flight
December 15, 2017
Ninety-two Somali immigrants, set to be deported from the US, found themselves shackled at the hands and feet and kept aboard a plane for two days earlier this month. That part of the story is not in …