Saheeda Nadeem, 65, an undocumented immigrant from Pakistan who was given sanctuary by First Congregational Church in Kalamazoo, Mich., learned this week that she would not be deported, her lawyer said.
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Asylum Seekers Say ICE Guard Threatened to Expose Them to COVID
Three asylum seekers from Cameroon say an Immigration and Customs Enforcement guard threatened to transfer them to a COVID ward.
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Three asylum seekers from Cameroon say an Immigration and Customs Enforcement guard threatened to expose them to COVID-19 if they failed to obey his orders and submit to deportation. They were told they would be transferred to Bravo-Alpha, the detention unit of the Pine Prairie ICE Processing Center in Louisiana where COVID-19 positive detainees were held in quarantine, detainee Clovis Fozao told The Intercept. “They were forcing us out of the dorm, pushing and dragging us,” Fozao said, explaining when the guards pushed the detainees toward deportation. “They threatened to call the SWAT team.” The Intercept
Federal Judge extends injunction against Biden s deportation freeze
Federal Judge extends injunction against Biden s deportation freeze
The Biden administration was blocked from stopping deportations
Fox News that U.S. District Court Judge Drew Tipton in the Southern District of Texas lengthened his suspension of the White House s deportation freeze for another 14 days to give the Biden administration and the state of Texas more time to provide for a more fulsome record to assist the court in adjudicating Texas s motion for a Preliminary Injunction.
Additionally, the judge warned of the irreparable harm that would accrue to Texas if an extension was not granted. Though he did acknowledge the Biden administration s argument that the 100-day pause on removals is necessary to allow them to take account of important immigration, foreign policy, and humanitarian considerations.