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{ Alejandra’s Wish: Stop the Deportation of Blanca Medina }

Blanca told ICE that she and Alejandra faced severe harm if deported.  She asked for permission to at least explain how she and her daughter could be persecuted.  ICE used a strange procedural rule to assert that it simply did not have to listen.  Under ICE rules, it is free to ignore even conclusive proof that a person would suffer slow death by torture if deported.

PETITION LINK [WARNINGS: talk of rape & of further violence by ICE including family separation]

EDIT: didn’t notice this update (under the “Petition Updates” tab at the link):

Alejandra’s mother has been released! But she still faces deportation.

Following the attention this petition brought to her case, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released Alejandra’s mother Blanca. Alejandra and Blanca are so grateful for your help and support!

But the victory is provisional. Blanca still faces imminent deportation, is tracked by a GPS ankle cuff and is monitored by ICE agents. Without further legal action, Blanca can still be deported to face violence.

the email Change.org sent out about this has more information.  these details are really important — text is under the “Read more” cut here:

[same WARNINGS as above (and this text goes into a bit more detail), and there’s also a mention of stalking]

An unthinkable ordeal: Blanca Medina was raped by five different men in El Salvador before she fled to the United States. Terrified and traumatized, she thought she’d at last found a safe haven to raise her 4-year-old daughter Alejandra. But now, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) wants to deport her — potentially back into the hands of her rapists, who were never arrested.

Forced back to certain danger? Blanca fears for her life — and Alejandra’s — if they have to go to El Salvador. None of the men who raped her have been arrested, including her stalker, and she’s terrified of what they’ll do if she’s sent back to El Salvador. But ICE is choosing to ignore this and other evidence.

You can help: Blanca’s lawyer Matthew Muller is appalled at how ICE has treated someone so vulnerable — she’s been refused a female case officer, and intimidated by male agents. But Matthew knows that public support has saved countless people in the past — and he’s sure that if enough people join him, ICE will be forced to reverse its decision and allow Blanca to stay in the U.S.

Click here to sign Matthew’s petition to make sure Blanca and Alejandra are allowed to stay safe in the U.S.

post notes:

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    most recent update (under the “Petition Updates” tab at the link):
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