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EXCLUSIVE: Somali man detained by ICE returns home, takes legal action
January 10, 2018
Credit: FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
(KMSP) - Just minutes before the plane meant to take Maxamed Adan back to Somalia against his will was set to take off, immigration authorities yanked the Minnesota man off the plane--a welcome respit…
'A lot of pain': Somalis allege abuse by immigration detention guards
January 9, 2018
Immigration lawyers have filed a complaint against a Florida detention center, alleging guards pepper-sprayed, shackled and used excessive force on Somali detainees and called them racial slurs, inclu…
Law School Students Play Vital Role in Lawsuit Blocking Deportation of 92 Somalis
December 21, 2017
Students in the Law School’s James H. Binger Center for New Americans and recent Law School graduates played key roles in a class action litigation effort that won a court order on Tuesday, December 1…
It 'was like a slave ship'
December 20, 2017
Credit: Post Bulletin
Ninety-two Somalis, including former Mayo Clinic employee Abdoulmalik Ibrahim, sat bound and shackled on an airplane for nearly two days, some urinating on themselves, during a botched U.S. deportatio…
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
Credit: CBC Radio Canada
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
Credit: CBC Radio Canada
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…