In the Spirit of the Body Politic,
The Mass Deportation Of Black Immigrants That You Haven’t Heard About
Last month, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency quietly deported dozens of African immigrants who were trying to seek asylum in the United States.
Sixty-three men who were unable to secure visas to stay in the country legally on humanitarian relief claims, according to a source within ICE who spoke to ThinkProgress on condition of anonymity. Activists who spoke with deported individuals said they were sent back to Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal ...
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/07/26/3801126/deportation-black-immigrants/
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Leaving Zambia at the age of four, Mwewa Sumbwe, now 19, has since been unable to return because she lacks the proper legal documentation. The first person outside her family to know about her undocumented status was her high school counselor who guided her through the college application process.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/03/24/3761334/undocumented-black/
CREDIT: MAMBWE SUMBWE
A repatriation flight carrying 80 immigrants to their home country in 2012
Immigrants are flown back to their home countries on repatriation flights.
CREDIT: AP PHOTO/MATT YORK
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The Mass Deportation Of Black Immigrants That You Haven’t Heard About
Last month, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency quietly deported dozens of African immigrants who were trying to seek asylum in the United States.
Sixty-three men who were unable to secure visas to stay in the country legally on humanitarian relief claims, according to a source within ICE who spoke to ThinkProgress on condition of anonymity. Activists who spoke with deported individuals said they were sent back to Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal ...
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/07/26/3801126/deportation-black-immigrants/
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Leaving Zambia at the age of four, Mwewa Sumbwe, now 19, has since been unable to return because she lacks the proper legal documentation. The first person outside her family to know about her undocumented status was her high school counselor who guided her through the college application process.
http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2016/03/24/3761334/undocumented-black/
CREDIT: MAMBWE SUMBWE
A repatriation flight carrying 80 immigrants to their home country in 2012
Immigrants are flown back to their home countries on repatriation flights.
CREDIT: AP PHOTO/MATT YORK
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