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#Trump admin has separated dozens of #children from their #parents for a second time, AP finds
…8 years after Trump’s forcible border separations came to an official halt following global outrage, an AP investigation has found that the government has re-separated dozens of children from their #families, despite a landmark legal settlement meant to keep them together.
#law #immigration #FamilySeparation #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
apnews.com/article/immigration…
#Pregnant woman & son will return home to #Ghana after being detained for over a week at Dulles Airport, judge says
[Why not allow them to see the doctor they came to see?]
#Trump #law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #HumanitarianLaw #InternationalLaw
cnn.com/2026/05/29/us/ghana-wo…
On Monday, Gyasi backtracked and said she did not wish to “self-deport”, according to Heilman. That day, Gyasi experienced vaginal bleeding & was again taken to a hospital, where doctors said her condition was caused by high stress, the court filing states.
A judge on Wednesday ordered federal officials to show a legal basis for Gyasi’s #detention by 9 a.m. Thursday.
#Trump #law #immigration #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #HumanRights #HumanitarianLaw #InternationalLaw
“#CBP has put Ms. Gyasi in an impossible position: either risk her own & the life of her unborn child to improve her young son’s life, or return home to ensure safe conditions for her pregnancy but unsafe conditions for her son,” Heilman said in the organization’s news release.
Tens of thousands of immigrants have abandoned #asylum claims & agreed to “voluntarily” depart the US rather than face long stints in #immigration #detention….
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
“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
#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
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
#Trump White House resisted allowing an American doctor exposed to #Ebola while working in the #DRC to return to the #US, acc/to 5 people familiar with the Ebola response…, delaying the #evacuation & #care of Peter Stafford, who was ultimately transported to #Germany [Danke Deutschland].
The admin’s reluctance to bring an infected American back to US soil marked a sharp contrast with the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak.
#NoCompassion #TheCrueltyIsThePoint
washingtonpost.com/health/2026…
