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Lawyers Report Ghanaian Mother and Child Held at Airport for Several Days Despite Valid Visas

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Following a federal judge’s order, a pregnant woman and her four‑year‑old son, who had spent more than a week at Washington Dulles International Airport after arriving on tourist visas, are en route to Ghana.

  1. US
    US Homeland Security Department
    1. Everyone in CBP custody, including this individual, has access to appropriate care, including medical evaluation by a doctor, medication, and food.
  2. US
    Sophia Gregg
    American Civil Liberties Union
    1. Ms. Gyasi legally traveled to the U.S. to get necessary medical care for her son, but the illegal detention and inhumane treatment that she's experiencing at Dulles is endangering her son's health as well as her own.
  3. US
    Mary Bauer
    American Civil Liberties Union
    1. We were very pleased that the judge recognized one fundamental principle, which is that human beings should not be detained under the conditions our client was being detained at Dulles Airport in a windowless room without access to appropriate food or medical care.
  4. GH
    Annabella Gyasi
    1. Because I'm pregnant, I am getting weaker and weaker by the day.

sources

  1. 1.CNN
  2. 2.Los Angeles Times
  3. 3.The Times of India
  4. 4.Associated Press

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.Organized crime
  4. 4.Protests
  5. 5.Immigration
  6. 6.US-India relations
  7. 7.Mexico under Claudia Sheinbaum
  8. 8.India under Modi
  9. 9.United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement
  10. 10.Kidnapping

countries

  1. 1.GhanaGH
  2. 2.United StatesUS
  3. 3.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR

organizations

  1. 1.American Civil Liberties Union
  2. 2.US Customs and Border Protection
  3. 3.Akron Children's Hospital
  4. 4.US Homeland Security Department

persons

  1. 1.Annabella GyasiGH
  2. 2.Leonie Brinkema
  3. 3.Sophia GreggUS
  4. 4.Mary BauerUS

technicals

  1. 1.Washington-Dulles International Airport
Lawyers Report Ghanaian Mother and Child Held at Airport for Several Days Despite Valid Visas