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March 25, 2016

Activists Warn Bangladeshi Asylum Seekers May Be Deported En Masse
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Immigrant rights activists say authorities have begun transporting a
group of Bangladeshi Muslim asylum seekers to Arizona in advance of a
mass deportation. Many of the detained men participated in a series of
hunger strikes in 2015 to protest their ongoing detention by ICE, the
Immigration Customs and Enforcement agency. Some of the men have been
detained for years. The men came to the United States seeking asylum,
saying they were escaping repressive conditions in Bangladesh. Linda
Sarsour, the director of MPower Change, said, "While many have
rightfully condemned the anti-Muslim rhetoric spewed during ongoing
presidential campaigns, our current policies are just as terrifying."
Topics:Immigration

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