Ghanaian Mother and Child Detained at Airport for Days After Arriving on Valid Visas, Lawyers Say
The ACLU says CBP is holding Anabella Gyasi and her son without adequate food or medical care after she arrived for a child’s hospital visit.
- On May 19, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents detained Annabella Gyasi and her four-year-old son at Washington Dulles International Airport, where they remain in a windowless room, according to an American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia emergency petition.
- Gyasi, 38 and nearly 20 weeks pregnant, traveled to the United States seeking medical treatment for her son's hand abnormality but was detained after expressing fears of persecution if returned to Ghana.
- Since arriving, Gyasi has required two hospitalizations for pregnancy complications, while lawyers report she and her son were denied food and adequate medical care during their nine-day detention.
- The Department of Homeland Security insisted everyone in custody receives appropriate care, though the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia challenges the detention, citing inhumane conditions endangering the mother and child.
- District Judge Leonie Brinkema scheduled a court hearing for Friday to address the emergency petition, which may determine if the pair can proceed to Ohio for the son's critical medical appointment.
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Pregnant woman and son from Ghana have been detained for more than a week at Dulles Airport, attorneys say
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Anabella Gyasi and her 4-year-old son touched down at Washington Dulles International Airport more than a week ago on tourist visas. They are still there, her attorneys say, confined to “a windowless room with a single bed and toilet.” A federal judge is set to hear arguments Friday on the future of the pregnant woman, who came to the United States from Ghana for a medical appointment for her child but also acknowledged…
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Ghanaian mother and child detained at airport for days after arriving on valid visas, lawyers say
A pregnant woman from Ghana who entered the U.S. on a valid visa with her son so he could get medical attention has been held for more than a week in a windowless detention room at a Washington airport, her lawyers said in court documents.
Pregnant woman from Ghana and son held at Dulles for 9 days, ACLU says
Immigration officials continue to detain a pregnant woman from Ghana and her 4-year-old son in a windowless room at Dulles International Airport, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia. As of Thursday, they had been there 9 days. Related stories Md. county sheriffs file lawsuit challenging Community Trust Act immigration law Trump’s latest immigration move clouds the path to green cards …
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