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“He is now a lawful permanent resident of the United States. We’re hopeful that the government will respect that.” https://interc.pt/2lA68yl pic.twitter.com/5AZvnhcut0
Deported Under Trump’s Order, Ali Vayeghan Is Now Back in the U.S.After being deported as a result of Trump’s executive order, a judge ruled that Ali Vayeghan be returned to the United States. We filmed his homecoming. -
My new short documentary video for The Intercept. Please watch!https://twitter.com/theintercept/status/830446332502437888 …
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administration, actually a question.
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That is, assuming the Trump administration respects legal permanent residency going forward. Which is, like so many other things with this
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Thanks to his family in L.A. and to the ACLU, Vayeghan is back in the United States, his full legal residency intact.
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being denied access to food and sleep. When he was at his most vulnerable and fearful and was being physically coerced.
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The document would have forfeited his legal permanent residency. CBP tried to get him to sign this while he was being held against his will,
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Sara Yarjani, another Iranian national who was also deported that night (and is now safely back in the U.S.), read it for him.
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While he was in custody, Customs and Border Protection tried to get Vayeghan to sign a document in English, a language he couldn't read.
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Which, as you might imagine, doesn't make it easy to go through customs in countries where civil liberties are more restricted than here.
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After being held for 20 hours, he was forced onto a plane back to Iran by way of Dubai with REVOKED written across his visa in red sharpie.
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Ali Vayeghan was held for 20 hrs w no provision of food or sleeping accommodations. He's a legal permanent resident.https://theintercept.com/2017/02/11/ali-vayeghan-was-deported-under-trumps-executive-order-now-hes-back-in-the-u-s/ …
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The most alarming thing about these many alarming reports is how non-alarmist the sources generally are.https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/830457427594190849 …
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Outrage builds movements.https://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/830439577206870016 …
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Like anyone, I have my personal passion points and interests but "people are outraged about the wrong aspect of Trump" is a bad take.
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My short doc for
@theintercept on the first deportee under Trump's ban to be allowed by court order back into the UShttps://theintercept.com/2017/02/11/ali-vayeghan-was-deported-under-trumps-executive-order-now-hes-back-in-the-u-s/ … -
Ali Vayeghan was deported under Trump's executive order. Now he's back in the U.S. https://interc.pt/2lA68yl by
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Ali Vayeghan was deported under Trump's executive order. Now he's back in the U.S. https://interc.pt/2kwRB66 by
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This quote from the Daily Beast should be appended to note that there are going to be *a lot more beds* very soon. http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/national-international/Private-Prison-Firm-Sees-Trump-Immigration-Push-Opportunity-413455993.html …https://twitter.com/lwoodhouse/status/830329778863435779 …
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