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"Sending local cops out to indiscriminately scan our faces, with a system that is known to generate false matches, that saves our data for 15 years, and that ensnares police into making immigration decisions that they are untrained for and that will undermine community safety efforts, is a recipe for disaster and for terrorizing members of communities across the country. DHS's privacy regulators fell down on the job. Now it's up to lawmakers to ensure this dangerous technology stays off our streets."
#EFF #ICE #404Media #ACLU #Democracy #Surveillance #Resist #Protest
The #ACLU alleges that Gyasi told #CBP officers she preferred to be deported because she fears remaining in #detention could result in her losing her unborn child [pro-life admin my tuchus]. After agreeing to leave “voluntarily”, CBP officers allowed her to request additional food & let her shower for the first time since she was detained, the lawyers claim.
#Trump #law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #HumanitarianLaw #InternationalLaw
The #ACLU filed an emergency petition in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday calling for Gyasi & her son to be released so they can seek #medical care.
“Ms. Gyasi secured the necessary visas for her son’s medical appointment, & by detaining them in dangerous conditions anyway, #CBP is breaking the #law & putting the #Trump administration’s cruel anti-immigrant agenda before basic human dignity & the #Constitution,” ACLU atty Dorna Maryam Movasseghi said.
#CBP is holding Gyasi & her son in a windowless holding room, acc/to the #ACLU. The pair’s attys allege that Gyasi & her son are being held in a work area converted into a cell with a single bed, a toilet & a sink.
Gyasi has been taken to a #hospital twice for #medical issues while in custody…. On Friday, Gyasi felt lightheaded & was examined at a local hospital, where medical staff expressed concern that she was not being fed enough[‼️], acc/to the court filing.
#Trump #law #immigration
#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
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.
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
