UPDATED: Media Coverage on Mauritanian Deportations
UPDATED: December 2019Columbus Dispatch: Local Mauritanians still fighting for safety, ‘justice’By Danae KingNovember 29, 2019Middle East Eye: Crossing the river: Black Mauritanians haunted by mass expulsion to SenegalBy Amandla Thomas-JohnsonNovember 27, 2019WVXU: Mauritanian Refugees on War, Genocide and ExileBy Michael MonksNovember 25, 2019Global Comment: A voice for immigrants through ‘Living Undocumented’By Edgary Rodriguez R.November 21, 2019CityBeat: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to Host Event Calling for Justice in MauritaniaBy CityBeat StaffNovember 18, 2019People’s World: Netflix’s ‘Living Undocumented’ debunks Trump’s immigrant boogeyman mythBy Chauncey K. RobinsonOctober 10, 2019The Forward: An Undocumented Israeli Family Chases The American Dream On NetflixBy Irene ConnellyOctober 4, 2019The Guardian: 'These people aren't just statistics': behind the year's most personal look at immigrationBy Adrian HortonOctober 3, 2019CBS News: Undocumented immigrants risk deportation to protest for rights in FranceBy Haley OttOctober 3, 2019Heavy: Living Undocumented: Where Are They Now in 2019?By Caroline BurkeOctober 3, 2019Vulture: The Heartbreaking Immigration Stories Behind Living UndocumentedBy Maria Elena FernandezOctober 2, 2019The New York Times: The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More in OctoberBy Jennifer VineyardOctober 1, 2019The Root: First Look: Amadou Fled Mauritania and the "Highest Rate of Slavery in the Entire World" in Netflix's Living UndocumentedBy Tonja Renée StidhumOctober 1, 2019Los Angeles Times: African migrants stuck in southern Mexico, their American dream on holdBy Patrick J. McDonnellSeptember 22, 2019Netflix: Trailer for “Living Undocumented”September 2019 Cleveland Scene: Lynn TramonteBy Sam AllardSeptember 11, 2019La Mega Nota: Lynn Tramonte, otra voz para los inmigrantesBy Claudia LongoSeptember 2019Cleveland Scene: Dozen-Plus Black Mauritanians in Ohio Freed, But Many More Still in ICE DetentionBy Sam AllardSeptember 4, 2019Translated and reprinted in Senalioune by Alioune Ly Progreso Hispano News: VENCIÓ SU VISA, FUE DETENIDO Y TAMBIÉN DEPORTADOBy Alejandro LinaresAugust 13, 2019La Opinion: Llevaba 20 en EEUU. Tenía que someterse a una operación complicada. Aún así, ICE lo deportóAugust 12, 2019Telemundo: Este hombre se estaba preparando para una operación en EEUU por “un gran dolor” en la cadera. No le dio tiempo, porque ICE lo deportó antesAugust 11, 2019By Francesco Rodella NBC: ICE deports man awaiting hip replacement surgery to MauritaniaBy Omar Abdel-BaquiAugust 11, 2019 Cincinnati Enquirer: For 15th anniversary, 15 facts about the National Underground Railroad Freedom CenterBy Byron McCauley and Mark Curnutte August 2, 2019Cincinnati Enquirer: 'I do everything all Americans do.' Home but for how long? ICE releases Mauritanian man after 11 monthsBy Mark Curnutte July 16, 2019WOSU: Local Mauritanian Community Calls On Steve Chabot For HelpBy Ambriehl CrutchfieldJuly 15, 2019Cincinnati CityBeat: More Than 100 Greater Cincinnatians Rally Downtown Protesting Injustice in MauritaniaBy Nick SwartsellJuly 15, 2019Wanglaw News: Round-Up of Mauritanian ArticlesBy CK WangJuly 2019British Council, “Trust Me I Am An Immigrant” Anthology: Storytelling in the Face of XenophobiaBy Maria GarciaJune 2019Cleveland Scene: Ohio Activist’s Father Among Mauritanians Arrested After Presidential ElectionBy Sam AllardJune 28, 2019 Cincinnati Herald: Panel discusses U.S deportations and modern-day slavery in MauritaniaBy Lynn Tramonte June 13, 2019Cleveland Scene: ICE is Shipping Ohio's Mauritanians Back to Slavery's Last Stronghold in Northwest Africa - The Humanitarian Crisis in Our BackyardBy Sam AllardJune 5, 2019Columbus Free Press: On May 11, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to Host Community-Driven Program on MauritaniaBy Lynn TramonteMay 9, 2019The Stranger: Can Dow Constantine Actually Stop ICE from Deporting Thousands of People through Boeing Field?By Lester BlackApril 25, 2019IMM Print (Freedom for Immigrants blog): Mohamed Diaby is Home in OhioCross-posted at End Slavery NowBy Lynn TramonteApril 28, 2019Cincinnati Enquirer: West African Fulani celebrate culture, resilience: 'We remember our old country'By Mark Curnutte April 25, 2019Cincinnati Enquirer: Mauritanian immigrant now free, but ‘lost everything’ in ICE detentionBy Mark Curnutte April 10, 2019US Blastings News: Immigrants in the Cleveland Federal Court system face long waits and high bonds By Ashley HerzogFebruary 27, 2019The Guardian: One in 200 people is a slave. Why?By Kate HodalFebruary 25, 2019Yellow Springs News: The border is here — Mauritanians fight deportationBy Carol SimmonsFebruary 15, 2019Columbus Dispatch: Mauritanians being deported despite US government acknowledging crime, terror, slavery in homelandBy Danae KingFebruary 4, 2019Sojourners Magazine: The New Transatlantic Slave TradeBy Rev. Jeania Ree V. MooreJanuary 2019Cincinnati Enquirer: Government shutdown traps Cincinnati area men in growing immigration court delays By Mark CurnutteJanuary 18, 2019The Atlantic: The Shutdown Makes Trump’s Priorities Painfully ClearBy Franklin FoerJanuary 8, 2019NBC News: Shutdown nearly shuts U.S. immigration courts, but deportations continueBy Lisa Riordan SevilleJanuary 5, 2019Cincinnati Enquirer: ‘A win for the good guys.’ Mauritanian from Lockland spared immediate deportationBy Mark CurnutteJanuary 4, 2019WKRC Local 12: Lockland father facing deportation granted a stayJanuary 4, 2019Fox 19: Ohio man facing deportation spared at the last minuteBy Maytal LeviJanuary 4, 2019WKRC Local 12: Lockland father still at risk of being deportedDecember 28, 2018Cincinnati Enquirer: Prospects ‘slim’ for Lockland father of 5 being deported to MauritaniaBy Mark CurnutteDecember 28, 2018Columbus Free Press: Thomson Reuters Confirms U.S. is Deporting Black Mauritanians to Arrest, Interrogation, Torture, and ExtortionBy Lynn TramonteDecember 27, 2018Arise! WPFW: Interview with Lynn TramonteBy Bill Fletcher, JrDecember 21, 2018Newsweek: Ivanka Trump Continues ‘Fight to End Trafficking’ Despite Her Father’s Administration Deporting Human Trafficking VictimsBy Jessica KwongDecember 18, 2018Face 2 Face Africa: Mauritanian deportees affected by Trump’s policies face jail on arrivalBy Nduta WaweruDecember 18, 2018FreshWater Cleveland: Civics Essential: the path to citizenship and legal status for immigrantsBy Jim DebrosseDecember 18, 2018Thomson Reuters Foundation: Mauritanians who sought refuge in U.S. face deportation, then jailBy Nellie PeytonDecember 17, 2018Columbus Free Press: ICE Report on FY18 Deportation “Statistics”: We Are Deeply Disgusted and Utterly AshamedBy Lynn Tramonte (reposted)December 14, 2018Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center Newsletter: Sending Ohioans to slaveryBy Samantha SearlsFall 2018APACHE (BE): Amnesty denounces secret Belgian return agreement with MauritaniaBy Stef ArendsNovember 28, 2018English translation hereColumbus Underground: Long-term Ohio Resident Faces Deportation to Country that Once Enslaved Him By Lauren Sega November 16, 2018 Associated Press: Young man’s harrowing journey to US underscores immigration shift(In Spanish here)November 12, 2018NBC News: The Trump admin sent him ‘home’ to a land where slavery lives onBy Lisa Riordan Seville, Adiel Kaplan, and Dan De LuceNovember 11, 2018Thomson Reuters: Mauritanian activists hail US decision to end trade deal over slaveryBy Nellie PeytonNovember 6, 2018Heartland Woman (podcast): “It’s a Moral Choice” - Lynn Tramonte discusses Black Mauritanian deportations, among other issuesBy Martha Kovach, PhDOctober 30, 2018The Westside Gazette: Senators Urge Trump Administration to Halt Deportation of MauritaniansBy Carma HenryOctober 23, 2018Arise! WPFW: Interview with Lynn TramonteBy Bill Fletcher, JrOctober 19, 2018Cincinnati Enquirer: Deported to slavery? Forest Park man back in Mauritania, where is a non-citizenBy Mark CurnutteOctober 17, 2018USA Today: Trump increases deportations to Mauritania, where slavery still dominates culture By Alan GomezOctober 16, 2018USA Today: World watches as pressure mounts on Saudis, Trump (news roundup)By EditorsOctober 16, 2018Newsweek: Trump Administration is Deporting People to Country Where Almost 20 Percent of Population is EnslavedBy Jakub LewandowskiOctober 16, 2018The Root: Kanye, Come Get Your Boy: Trump Increasing Deportations of Black People to Country Known for Black SlaveryBy Issac J. BaileyOctober 16. 2018Ebony: Trump admin called on to halt deportation of black MauritaniansBy Sarafina Wright October 16, 2018Blavity: “Trump Is Deporting Four Black Migrants To A Country Where 20 Percent Of The Population Is Enslaved”By Tonja Renee StidhumOctober 16, 2018Black Press USA: Senators Urge Trump Administration to Halt Deportations of MauritaniansBy Staff Writers October 16. 2018IRA-USA: OHIO: trump-led ICE deports MauritaniansBy IRA-USA BlogOctober 16, 2018Kings County Politics: Bklyn’s Fed Delegation Lobby On Behalf Of Immigrants Facing SlaveryBy Michael RockOctober 16, 2018Z6 Mag: Trump Administration Might Deport Another Batch to MauritaniaBy TiffanyOctober 16, 2018Cincinnati CityBeat: Attorneys Say Cincinnati Residents From Mauritania Face Slavery If DeportedBy Nick SwartsellOctober 12, 2018Los Angeles Sentinel: Harris, Thompson, Nadler, Lofgren, Beatty Lead Lawmakers in Letter to Urge Administration to Halt Deportation of Black MauritaniansBy Sentinel News Service October 12, 2018Columbus Dispatch (op-ed): City should rally around Mauritanians living hereBy Patrick Terrien, Columbus Council on World AffairsOctober 12, 2018Cincinnati Enquirer (op-ed): No Person Deserves EnslavementBy Damon Lynch Jr. and Dion Brown, National Underground Railroad Freedom CenterOctober 12, 2018WVXU: Mauritania, Medical Marijuana, Metro And More: A Look At This Week's Top StoriesBy Dan HurleyOctober 12, 2018Cincinnati Enquirer: Two more men face deportation to Mauritania from Cincinnati; fear ‘they will kill us all’By Mark CurnutteOctober 11, 2018WKRC Cincinnati Local 12: Family says Mauritanian man could be forced into slavery if deportedBy William Smith-RandolphOctober 9, 2018Cincinnati Enquirer: Does slavery await father of 5 from Lockland fighting deportation back to Mauritania?By Mark CurnutteOctober 8, 2018Cincinnati Enquirer (Video): “They Took Him”By Cara OwsleyOctober 8, 2018WCPO: Cincinnati father of five in ICE custody, could be deported to MauritaniaBy WCPO StaffOctober 4, 2018FOX28: Mauritanian man refuses to get on plane after deportation order By Alexis MobergerOctober 4, 2018ABC6: Mauritanian man refuses to get on plane after deportation order By Alexis MobergerOctober 4, 2018Truthdig: ICE Deports African Man Who Escaped Ethnic CleansingBy Laura Morel (reprint)September 26, 2018Documented: News RoundupBy Irene SpezzamonteSeptember 26, 2018Columbus Dispatch: 5 Mauritanians in Ohio Win Temporary Halt to DeportationBy Danae KingSeptember 25, 2018Reveal News: A Mauritanian man escaped his country’s ethnic cleansing. ICE deported him anyway. By Laura MorelSeptember 24, 2018Minnesota Public Radio: As deportation wheels grind, Augsburg prof worries, waitsBy Riham FeshirSeptember 10, 2018 Africa Times: Midwest to West Africa: Migrant deportation patterns in the U.S. heartlandBy Laureen FaganSeptember 7, 2018Columbus Dispatch: Slavery may await deported MauritaniansBy Other Viewpoints (WaPo Editorial Board)August 28, 2018Washington Post: ICE is sending Mauritanians back to modern-day slaveryBy Editorial BoardAugust 27, 2018Local DVM: Man deported to Mauritania after 17 years in U.S.By Rebecca BurnettAugust 24, 2018Washington City Paper: Activists Rush to Dulles to Stop DeportationBy Alexa MillsAugust 24, 2018America’s Voice: Deportations to Mauritania: What You Need to KnowBy Lynn TramonteAugust 23, 2018WOSU: The Radicalization of ICEAll Sides with Ann FisherAugust 21, 2018Amnistía Internacional: Amnistía Internacional Estados Unidos hace un llamamiento al gobierno de trump para que detenga la posible expulsión de refugiados mauritanosPor Amnistía InternacionalAugust 21, 2018 Newsweek: Trump Warned Mauritanians Could Face ‘Slavery, Torture And Death’ If Deported By Chantal Da Silva August 20, 2018Columbus Dispatch: Editorial: US shouldn’t become new persecutor of refugeesAugust 20, 2018Amnesty International: Mauritania: Arrests of opposition leader, anti-slavery activist and two journalists point to worrying pre-election crackdownAugust 15, 2018The Columbus Dispatch: Area’s undocumented immigrants from Mauritania fearful of deportationBy Danae KingAugust 13, 2018ABC6: Mauritanians in Central Ohio fear deportationBy Seema IyerAugust 14, 2018See also transcript Journal Du Cameroun: Mauritania: Anti-slavery leader jailedAugust 14, 2018Esquire: ICE Is the Sharp Edge of the Trump Administration’s Policy Making America WhiteBy Charles PierceAugust 9, 2018NPR Fresh Air: “How ICE Went Rogue”By Terri GrossAugust 9, 2018The Guardian: Mauritanian presidential hopeful arrested amid fears of political foul playBy Kate HodalAugust 9, 2018Repubblica: Mauritania, arrestato il leader anti-schiavitù Biram Dah AbeidBy Andrea ScutellaAugust 9, 2018UNPO: UPDATED: Anti-Slavery Activist Biram Dah Abeid Transferred to Nouakchott Central PrisonAugust 7, 2018The Atlantic: How Trump Radicalized ICEBy Franklin FoerAugust 6, 2018The Atlantic (Video): Fear and Anxiety at Refugee RoadAugust 6, 2018Columbus Free Press: The fight against African slavery comes to ColumbusBy Doug Rutledge August 6, 2018Washington Monthly: ICE Uses Cruelty and Fear to Encourage Self-DeportationBy Nancy LeTorneauAugust 6, 2018Colorlines: See ICE's Terrifying Impact on Columbus' 'Refugee Road'By Sameer RaoAugust 6, 2018The Economist: Mauritania ignores slavery, but jails those who protest against itJuly 21, 2018