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#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
#Immigration authorities have detained a pregnant woman & her 4-yo son at Dulles Intl Airport for over a week, after they arrived from #Ghana on a #tourist #visa seeking #medical treatment & were then taken into custody, their lawyers allege in a court filing.
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.
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.
