Lynn TramonteOct 1, 20192 minOhio Mauritanian Family Featured in Netflix Docu-Series: “Living Undocumented” (Cross-posted from Ohio Immigrant Alliance) Cincinnati, OH – An Ohio family with Mauritanian roots is featured in a new documentary...
Lynn TramonteSep 11, 20193 minOHIA In the News! Cleveland SceneThis month, profiles about Lynn and the Ohio Immigrant Alliance have appeared in two publications: La Mega Nota (Spanish) and the annual...
Lynn TramonteSep 3, 20194 minMany Black Mauritanians Now Home in Ohio, But Several Remain in Immigration Jail(Cross-posted from Ohio Immigrant Alliance) Columbus, OH – One year ago, two dozen Black Mauritanians were detained in Ohio immigration...
Lynn TramonteJun 11, 20192 minCold as ICE: Adducci's “Appetite for Destruction” of OH & MI Families(Cross-posted from Ohio Immigrant Alliance) Cleveland, OH – Rebecca Adducci is notorious in all the bad ways. She is Field Office...
Lynn TramonteJun 11, 20191 minAdducci’s (Detroit) ICE: Cruel, Incompetent, DangerousRebecca Adducci is "Cold as ICE." She has an "Appetite for Destruction" of Ohio and Michigan families.
Lynn TramonteMay 13, 20192 minFreedom Center Community Conversation on Mauritania(Cross-posted from Ohio Immigrant Alliance) Cincinnati, OH – On May 11, 2019, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center hosted a...
Lynn TramonteMay 6, 20192 minFreedom Center To Host Community-Driven Program On Mauritania(Cross-posted from Ohio Immigrant Alliance) Cincinnati, OH – On May 11, 2019, at 10:30am, the National Underground Railroad Freedom...
Lynn TramonteMar 20, 20191 minThree Ohio Men from Mauritania Are Home TodayYoungstown, OH - Three Ohio men, born in Mauritania, are now home with their families--after spending between nine and thirteen months in...
Lynn TramonteJan 16, 20192 minMI Legal Groups: Kent County & Detroit ICE Detained U.S. Citizen for Deportation Just the Latest Example of Local ICE Abuses Crying Out for Congressional Oversight Grand Rapids, MI – The ACLU of Michigan and Michigan...
Lynn TramonteJan 7, 20194 minFederal Workers Struggle Without Pay, While ICE Charters a $148,000 Plane to Deport Men to Torture An Obscene and Immoral Use of Government Money Florence, AZ – Federal workers may not be getting paid during the government shutdown, but...
Lynn TramonteDec 17, 20184 minThomson Reuters Confirms U.S. Deporting Black Mauritanians to Arrest, Torture, & Extortion“I never thought I would come back to this life” - They Are Forced to Flee Again Cleveland, OH – The Thomson Reuters Foundation just...
Lynn TramonteDec 14, 20182 minICE Report on FY18 Deportation “Statistics”: We Are Deeply Disgusted and Utterly Ashamed Cleveland, OH – Today, the federal government released a report on deportation statistics for Fiscal Year 2018. Lynn Tramonte, Director...
Lynn TramonteNov 30, 20184 minOn UN International Day for Abolition of Slavery, Human Rights Abuses in Mauritania Continue US Must End Deportations That Threaten Lives On November 28, 1990, twenty-eight Black Mauritanians were murdered as part of an...
Lynn TramonteNov 19, 20182 minColumbus Underground: “Ohio Resident Faces Deportation to Country that Once Enslaved Him"Columbus, OH - This weekend, Columbus Underground published an article from Lauren Sega about the deportation of long-term Ohio residents...
Lynn TramonteNov 13, 20185 minOutline Shows Why Refugees Continue to Flee Mauritania, Country Unsafe for U.S. DeporteesCleveland, OH - Refugees are fleeing slavery and torture in Mauritania today--while the U.S. government is deporting people back to these...
Lynn TramonteNov 12, 20184 minNBC News Uncovers DHS’ Single-Minded Focus on Deportation Over Diplomacy and Human Rights Long-Term US Resident from Mauritania: “I ran away for my life. Even now I’m still running.” Cleveland, OH - The Trump administration is...
Lynn TramonteNov 5, 20185 minUSTR Terminates Mauritanian Trade Preferences Due to “Scourge of Hereditary Slavery” Columbus, OH – Recognizing that “Mauritania continues to have the highest prevalence of hereditary slavery in the world,” the Office of...
Lynn TramonteOct 31, 20182 minUD Law Students Erect “Day of the Dead” Altar to Remember Victims of Ethnic Cleansing in MauritaniaDayton, OH – The Washington Post says “ICE is sending Mauritanians back to modern-day slavery,” and the USA Today writes “Trump increase...
Lynn TramonteOct 31, 20183 minSeeking Funds to Turbocharge Black Mauritanian Legal DefenseText to Donate: ATHOME to 44321 Columbus, OH – The Trump Administration’s callous campaign to deport Black Mauritanians to a country...
Lynn TramonteOct 16, 20184 minUSA Today Exposes Trump Administration Hypocrisy on Deportations of Black MauritaniansUS Government Actively Facilitating Modern-Day Slave Trade Florence, AZ — ICE agents are forcing Black Mauritanians onto a small charter...