California Nurse and Professor Remains in ICE Custody as Colleagues, Lawmakers Call for Her Release
Josh Harder is pressing federal officials to bring home the USF nursing professor after ICE moved her through detention centers nationwide.
- Rep. Josh Harder, a Central Valley Democrat, demanded the immediate release of Ann Lawani, a University of San Francisco nursing professor detained by ICE for eight weeks, citing her lack of criminal history in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
- Lawani was arrested at her Lodi home on September 16, citing a 2013 deportation order; however, Harder and attorney Natalia Vieira Santana argue a federal judge granted Lawani "withholding of removal" in 2013 due to persecution risks in Nigeria.
- USF School of Nursing Dean Eileen Fry-Bowers stated the detention is damaging, noting "her continued absence causes real and mounting harm" to 230 nursing students, while Lawani's brother Samuel denounced the action as "evil" and "consequential."
- After her transfer to Louisiana, Lawani's disappearance from public ICE databases complicates legal efforts, as Homeland Security officials noted that detainees with final removal orders no longer appear in the database.
- With supporters like National Nurses United demanding oversight, broader concerns regarding ICE enforcement priorities have emerged, as Harder warned the agency's approach "fails to adequately distinguish between individuals who threaten our communities.
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The 39-year-old professor and nurse Ann Lawani has been detained by the United States Immigration and Customs Service (ICE) for almost two months. She was arrested on 16 September in her home in the city of Lodi, California, and transferred to an immigration detention centre in Louisiana. Students and members of the academic community are now pressing the authorities for her release.
Calls intensify for release of University of San Francisco professor detained by ICE
Calls have intensified for the immediate release of Dr. Ann Lawani, the renowned Bay Area nurse and University of San Francisco professor being detained by ICE. Per NBC Bay Area, Lawani, who hails from Nigeria, was placed in shackles when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents picked her up from her home in Lodi eight...
California nurse and professor remains in ICE custody as colleagues, lawmakers call for her release
A Lodi nurse and University of San Francisco professor who was arrested by federal immigration agents at her home in September has spent nearly two months in detention, as colleagues and elected officials push for her release.
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