From Africa to Deportation:
Black Africans Confront the US Asylum System
12 noon, Eastern Time THIS Wednesday, Sept. 30
Honoring African Immigrant Heritage Month
On the last day of National African Immigrant Heritage Month, learn about the journey many Black Africans make to the U.S. to escape persecution--and the journey some are forced to make back via deportation.
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Build your knowledge:
Who are Are Black Immigrants in the US, and Why are They at Higher Risk for Deportation? Go HERE and HERE.
Understand More About Black Immigrants:
HERE - "What Does It Mean to Be a Black Immigrant in the United States?"
Dig Deep to Connect "The State of Black Immigrants & the US Mass Incarceration System" in this groundbreaking Report from Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) & the NYU LAW Immigrant Rights Clinic HERE.
How Are Black Immigrants Under Attack--including Haitians--in the US Immigration System? See HERE.
See background on struggles of Mauritanian immigrants in Ohio HERE.
Read Pew Research Center info. re: Nigerian immigrants in the US HERE.
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