Kentucky State Basketball Player Detained by ICE; Attorney Worries About Her Medical Care
Her attorney says her student visa expired and worries about medical care after she was moved from detention to a hospital.
- Kentucky State University basketball player Aminata Seck was detained in Aug at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport while traveling to New York for a basketball trip.
- Attorney Sadiqa Reynolds noted that Seck's student visa likely expired around the time she underwent surgery, triggering the detention.
- Reynolds expressed concern that Seck is not receiving proper medical attention and requires another surgery for an Achilles tendon injury.
- When Reynolds visited the Grayson County Detention Center on Sunday, she was told Seck had been moved to a hospital but was not informed which one.
- Since the detention, WLKY has contacted the Department of Homeland Security while Reynolds continues struggling to obtain real-time information about Seck's health and medical history.
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A Kentucky State University basketball player hasn't see a short in weeks—she's been in immigration detention instead. Attorney Sadiqa Reynolds says 26-year-old student-athlete Aminata Seck was taken into custody by ICE at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Aug. 7 as her team travelled to New York for...
A basketball player from Kentucky State University in the United States was detained by agents of the Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) while waiting for surgery. Senegalese Aminata, 26-year-old, was detained on 7 August at Muhammad Ali International Airport in Louisville when she was traveling with the team to a tournament in New York, according to counsel Sadiqa Reynolds, who accompanies the case.
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