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13 Oct, 3 tweets, 3 min read
🚨 A plane full of Cameroonian asylum seekers has just departed from Ft. Worth, TX. These were folks seeking protection in the U.S. who were instead detained and tortured by @ICEgov.

Hear them speak. Don't grow silent on this issue.
#FreeCameroonians #BlackImmigrantsMatter
Feeling defeated? Here's what you can do:
➡️ Follow & support @CamAmerCouncil who've been doing this work for 10 yrs!
➡️ Keep the conversation going. It doesn't end here. There are thousands of Black migrants in danger. Keep pushing to #FreeCameroonians #BlackImmigrantLivesMatter
Had this letter by Congress been sent months ago when it was requested by the @CamAmerCouncil, things may have played out differently today.

Don't allow this to happen again. Listen to those directly affected. Follow them. Amplify their voices.

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12 Oct
If you were shocked by this video, if you shared it, if you learned something from it, even if you're only watching it for the first time now...

🚨 WE NEED YOUR HELP 🚨
ICE is trying to deport 100+ African immigrants TONIGHT.
Sharing these injustices is not enough.

🧵👇🏾
After using torture to force many of them to sign their own deportation orders, ICE is using fake documents to conduct a mass deportation of Black immigrants in the next 24 hours.

Most of them Cameroonian.

freedomforimmigrants.org/news/2020/10/8…
In case you didn't know: The violent conflict that erupted in the northwest & southwest regions of Cameroon in 2016 has killed thousands and displaced more than 679,000 so far.

Returning these folks in mass is a death sentence. Many will be killed by their own gov't upon return.
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We are extremely concerned about President Trump's nominee. Amy Coney Barrett is not good news for immigrants. She is publicly supported by the Center for Immigration Studies, a Southern Poverty Law Center designated anti-immigrant hate group.

Keep reading 👇🏾
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This nomination sends a clear message that our government doesn’t care. It is up to us to continue RBG’s fight and protect her legacy and the future of this country.
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26 Sep
URGENT: More family separation happening at the border. This time our client, a vulnerable 15 yr old girl how came to the US as an infant, was taken by @CBP after arresting her aunt at a hospital. She was taken after surgery & tested positive for COVID-19.
cbsnews.com/news/15-year-o…
The minor was taken to Edinburg hospital because of pain caused by a gallbladder stone. She was accompanied by her aunt. Someone notified CBP about them. They showed up at the hospital and took her aunt. The minor was then left alone.
Shortly after, she was transported in an ambulance to the San Antonio hospital with agents following them while the parents were not present. The hospital called the parents to say she was going to be transferred to San Antonio to have surgery.
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21 Sep
🚨 #DontLookAway: A 3rd ICE detainee at the Stewart Detention Center in Georgia has died from #COVID19

This (preventable) death comes only a week after a whistleblower reported inadequate protections for the virus at another GA immigrant detention center.
ajc.com/news/third-ice…
If you missed the news here's a recap:
Dawn Wooten, a former nurse at ICE’s Irwin County Detention Center (also in GA), revealed that ICE:

➡️ Performed hysterectomies on women against their will
➡️ Refused to test people in detention for #COVID19
➡️ Shredded medical records
While these events have both taken place in Georgia (be that at 2 different detention centers), do NOT think for one minute that this isn't going on elsewhere across the country.

We've seen medical neglect of ICE detainees in GA, TX, CA, FL...the list goes on.
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19 Sep
Rest in power Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She fought for justice until the very last day of her life. We honor her legacy and are forever grateful for her service to this nation.

It's up to us to continue that fight.
That means ensuring that we do everything in our power to stop the administration from rushing a nominee through the Senate before November. Every Democrat must hold the line. Every Republican must do what is best for this nation. All of us need to act. The stakes are too high.
With the passing of #RGB there are now only four justices remaining on the court who supported DACA in this summer’s decision. If another justice is installed before the election, they will almost certainly join those who would end DACA protections for over 700,000 people.
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16 Sep
There's a lot of talk around the forced hysterectomies at Irwin County ICE Detention Center.

This is what we know:
➡️ There are 13 confirmed cases (# may grow)
➡️ We need to #ShutDownIrwin AND #EndDetention
➡️ To get to the root of the problem = #AbolishICE

But there's more 👇🏾
This isn't a one-time thing. The conditions for something like this to occur have been brewing in ICE detention centers for years.

Black immigrant women have been protesting this all along.
itsgoingdown.org/asylum-seekers…
The whistleblower? Also a Black woman.

Dawn Wooten was a nurse at the facility in Ocilla, Georgia where the hysterectomies took place.

Her bravery to speak up should be uplifted & now that her name is public, she should be protected. #ProtectBlackWomen
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