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January 17, 2020

Deported Immigrant Rights Leader Jean Montrevil Sues U.S. Government
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Deported immigrant rights leader Jean Montrevil has sued the U.S.
government, arguing he was targeted for deportation because of his
political speech in violation of his First Amendment rights. Montrevil
is a founding member of the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City, an
immigrant rights group. He was deported to Haiti in 2018, after years of
organizing. Meanwhile, a Salvadoran asylum seeker has sued the federal
government and the private prison corporation Core Civic over a
miscarriage she suffered in January 2018 while detained at an
immigration jail in Otay Mesa, California. ICE agents detained Rubia
Morales in a cold cell and then denied her medical attention even though
she pleaded for it. Days later she suffered a miscarriage.


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