cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/35044479
Where does ICE deport a stateless immigrant to? Wherever they want, apparently. Meet the stateless Palestinian who the Donald Trump administration tried to illegally deport twice. Ward Sakeik and her attorney, Maria Kari, join Mehdi Hasan on ‘Mehdi Unfiltered’ to discuss.
“‘I can send you to China, I can send you to Somalia, I could send you to Congo, I can send you wherever I want to send you,’” Sakeik recalled one ICE official telling her during 140 days in detention, even though removing her from the United States is illegal.
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Watch the full video to hear Sakeik tell the story of how she was detained on her honeymoon, how some ICE officials told her she shouldn’t have been arrested in the first place, and whether she could be detained yet again.
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Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:40 Detainment Story 4:22 Deportation to Israel? 6:20 Is She a Criminal? 9:50 Ward’s Release 12:14 Being Palestinian 13:47 Govt Inventing Laws 15:06 Supporting Detained Women
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