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With birth date in dispute, Twin Cities man faces deportation while insisting he's American
May 19, 2018
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The U.S. government wants to deport Ali Abdalla to Somalia. The hurdle? The Twin Cities man insists he is an American.The case hinges on a simple but disputed biographical detail: Abdalla's birth date…
As the United States seeks to deport more Somalis, Minnesota attorneys push back
April 12, 2018
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First ordered to leave the country 16 years ago, Abdulkadir Sharif Abdi was supposed to be deported from Minnesota to his native Somalia late last month. But the flight to Africa took off without him …
On-again, off-again deportation flight is off again
March 1, 2018
A previously postponed charter flight to deport about 100 Somalis, Sudanese and Congolese immigrants back to Africa has been rescheduled again, lending yet more anxiety and confusion to an already str…
Efforts underway to block deportation of Somalis
February 28, 2018
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Twin Cities attorneys are scrambling to block the deportation of a group of Somalis said to be slated for a federal flight to Africa this week — the government’s first such attempt since a botched dep…
Case of botched ICE flight to Somalia signals legal shift on deportations
February 7, 2018
The U.S. government’s prospects for deporting 92 people it unsuccessfully tried to fly to Somalia in December are getting murkier.What’s more, a legal fight over the passengers’ fates — many of whom a…
“America is home”: How Trump’s immigration policies are upending Somali lives in the US
January 15, 2018
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Maruf Sharif was shackled in the plane, which was flying him over the Atlantic Ocean to a country he hadn’t seen for almost three decades.But before the flight’s final destination at the Somali capita…
If Somalia is too dangerous for travel, why not for deportation?
January 12, 2018
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One of the countries President Trump presumably had in mind when he disparaged Africa is Somalia, a country that he has included in several iterations of his travel ban. Now his government is stepping…