The asylum seekers, fleeing enslavement and ethic cleansing in the African nation, are being detained under a blanket ICE bail policy.
A half-dozen immigration rights organizations are demanding the release of more than 100 predominately Black Mauritanian asylum seekers detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Desert View Annex in Adelanto amid allegations of due process and civil rights violations
“This blanket monetary condition is irrational, unfair, and violates ICE’s obligations under the parole statute and the Constitution,” the organizations said in the letter. The detainees, they said, likely will remain in custody for months and possibly years as they present their asylum claims in immigration courts.The Desert View Annex, operated by the private GEO Group Inc.
Although Mauritania became the last country in the world to abolish slavery in 1981, and criminalized the practice in 2007, it still exists. The plight of the Mauritanian asylum seekers at the Desert View Annex has been further exacerbated by ICE’s inability to provide interpretation in their native languages, including Pulaar Mauritanian or Soninke, according to immigration rights organizations. As a result, detention hearings have been delayed.
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