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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.
