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I want to tell you about Saidu Sow, who is on a deportation plane to Mauritania, a country he fled decades ago. He had been in immig. jail for 3 years. In 2018, he called me from Butler Co. Jail. He carried a file of country evidence with him, knowing this day would come.
Saidu was scared, but he's a fighter. My friend Don Sherman went to meet with him in the jail.
Saidu showed him his scars from the torture he bore in Mauritania. He said "there's no way I can go back there."
We said we'd fight with him to keep him safe.
Saidu showed him his scars from the torture he bore in Mauritania. He said "there's no way I can go back there."
We said we'd fight with him to keep him safe.
Said was moved around Ohio immigration jails while his case played out. He had terrific pro bono attorneys from @CCSWOH + @ABLELawInc (@mariaaleote). That was his only luck.
He got his old deportation case reopened and a second chance at asylum. But that was just a formality.
He got his old deportation case reopened and a second chance at asylum. But that was just a formality.
S/O to local journalists who did a terrific job covering crisis at Morrow Co. Jail, which detained immigrants for ICE until Feb 2021. @goldsgracie @KenyonCollege wrote about intersection of internat'l, nat'l, + local politics in this real-life drama. thecollegianmagazine.com/inside-morrow-…
.@goldsgracie interviewed my good friend, Saidu Sow, who has lived in this country for years + never experienced racism like what he's seen in Ohio county jails. He's been detained for ICE for over 2.5 years! 
Sheriff says: "Why aren’t they trying to shut other jails down? Why are they trying to shut mine down?” We ARE trying to close every jail that abuses/neglects ppl + end civil immigration detention in its entirety. #CloseMorrowJail #CloseButlerJail
ohioimmigrant.org/2021/03/16/108…
ohioimmigrant.org/2021/03/16/108…
