IC mother, Ivory Coast native Fatou Traore deported to Sierra Leone

IC mother, Ivory Coast native Fatou Traore deported to Sierra Leone

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. A 42-year-old mother from Iowa City has been deported to a country she has never visited before a federal immigration judge could review her request for a stay of deportation, according to a press release from Iowa immigrant legal advocacy group Escucha Mi Voz. Fatou Traore...

Advocates say Iowa City mother Fatou Traore deported to Sierra Leone before court ruling

Immigration advocacy groups say an Iowa City mother detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been deported to Sierra Leone before a federal judge rul

Catholic Iowa bishop steps up in case of immigrant from Ivory Coast facing deportation

Bishop Dennis Walsh wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to urge him to stop the deportation of Fatou Traore, which he called a "grave violation of her human dignity and the rights that are intrinsic to each one of us."

Fatou Traore, an Iowa City resident for more than 20 years, has been deported to Sierra Leone, a country she has no connection to

Fatou Traore, a longtime Iowa City resident, has been deported to Sierra Leone, a country to which she has no connections. Traore was seized by two ICE agents on Sept. 24, when she arrived at her sister’s house at approximately 6:30 a.m. to drive her to work. The agents displayed no identification and did not […]