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Apr

Fate Unknown of Nearly 100 South Asian Asylum-seekers Suspected of Being Deported to Life Threatening Danger

Tags: apala, bangladesh, chu, crowley, drum, freedomgiving, honda, india, mpower

Community Plans to Mourn in Jackson Heights as Police Already Visit Threats Upon Deportees’ Families with News of Return

Contact: B. Loewe, #Not1More, bloewe@mijente.net, 773.791.4668

April 4, 2016 – Late Sunday night, advocates at DRUM (Desis Rising Up and Moving) received a call from a detainee at Florence detention center reporting several busloads of South Asian men who had been transferred there en masse were being loaded on to buses in the middle of the night. By Monday afternoon, many of the asylum-seekers were listed as “no longer in custody” in the detainee tracker, a status associated with either being released or deported.

Mar

DHS and State Department Prepare Mass Deportation of Hundreds of Muslims

Tags: detention, drum, mpower, muslim, state department

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After Years of Prolonged Detention and Abuse, Bangladeshi Detainees Would Return to Imminent Danger of Imprisonment, Disappearances, and Death

March 24, 2016 – New York, NY
Immigration authorities have begun transporting South Asian detainees to Florence, Arizona, as a staging ground for impending mass deportation. Many of the Muslim migrants from Bangladesh being transported were participants in the #Freedomgiving hunger strikes at the end of 2015 that roiled a dozen detention centers across the country and brought attention to the prolonged, unjustified, and discriminatory detention of Muslim and South Asian migrants. Read more

NotOneMoreDeportation.com is a campaign made of individuals, organizations, artists, and allies to expose, confront, and overcome unjust immigration laws.

As the immigration debate continues, #Not1More enters the discussion from the place that touches people in concrete ways and can offer tangible relief. By collectively challenging unfair deportations and unjust policy through organizing, art, legislation, and action, we aim to reverse criminalization, build migrant power, and create immigration policies based on principles of inclusion.
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All posts tagged mpower

Fate Unknown of Nearly 100 South Asian Asylum-seekers Suspected of Being Deported to Life Threatening Danger

DHS and State Department Prepare Mass Deportation of Hundreds of Muslims

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