Iowa City Mother Deported Before Judge Could Rule on Stay Motion

Iowa City mother deported before judge could rule on stay motion

An Iowa City woman arrested by I.C.E. in September has been deported to Sierra Leone, despite a plea from Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks to request her release.

IC mother, Ivory Coast native Fatou Traore deported to Sierra Leone

This is a developing story. Check back for updates. A 42-year-old mother from Iowa City has been deported to a country she has never visited before a federal immigration judge could review her request for a stay of deportation, according to a press release from Iowa immigrant legal advocacy group Escucha Mi Voz. Fatou Traore...

Iowa City woman deported before appearing in immigration court

Advocates say Iowa City mother Fatou Traore deported to Sierra Leone before court ruling

Immigration advocacy groups say an Iowa City mother detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been deported to Sierra Leone before a federal judge rul

Catholic Iowa bishop steps up in case of immigrant from Ivory Coast facing deportation

Bishop Dennis Walsh wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to urge him to stop the deportation of Fatou Traore, which he called a "grave violation of her human dignity and the rights that are intrinsic to each one of us."

Iowa City mother of 4 deported before judge ruling

Hunter 10/14/26 Fatou Traore, the Iowa City woman who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and sent to a facility in Louisiana has been deported before a judge ruled on her motion to stay her