Because, apparently, some people are above the law, particularly if they are an illegal alien
Women’s basketball player detained by ICE will have case reopened, court rules
Aminata Seck, a women’s basketball player for Kentucky State University who is from Senegal, remains in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, but will have her immigration case reopened.
Memphis Immigration Court Judge Kelly Lake granted a motion on Wednesday, Sept. 30, to reopen Seck’s immigration proceedings. In granting the motion, the judge found that Seck had demonstrated that she did not receive the notice of removal that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said it served on Sept. 8, 2025.
Ignorance of the law is no excuse, and she had to know that she was unlawfully present. A notice of removal doesn’t just come out of thin air
The ruling by the judge in Memphis paves the way for Seck to present her case through the immigration process, and her petition for a writ of habeas corpus remains pending in federal court in the Western District of Kentucky. Seck’s appearance in immigration court is set for Nov. 20.
Alsalman said his next steps include filing a motion for a bond hearing.
It’s all so absurd. She’s here illegally. She needs to be sent packing, and, then, if she wants to apply for a VISA she can
In a statement provided to USA TODAY Sports on Sept. 23, DHS said Seck legally entered the country on Sept. 1, 2019, through Los Angeles on a temporary basis.
“She chose to overstay her welcome in violation of our nation’s laws,” DHS said. “To be clear: a pending application or work authorization does not confer legal status in the United States. … Being in detention is a choice.”
She can leave at any time if she tells them she wants to leave the United States.
In a statement provided to USA TODAY Sports last week, Rep. Morgan McGarvey – a Democrat representing Kentucky’s 3rd Congressional District – said his office is monitoring Seck’s situation.
“Aminata is a student-athlete who was arrested by ICE at the airport while traveling with her teammates,” McGarvey said. “The Trump Administration’s cruelty knows no bounds, but we will never let this become normal and we won’t stop fighting for her.”
Democrats seem to have more statements protecting illegals than in trying to help Americans.
Most Americans do not approve of the current administration’s immigration policies. Some do seem to find some joy in it but most of not. The mid terms will show that.
Deportation if hard working immigrants has hurt our economy Americans know that .
It was the right wing of both political parties that doomed Jewish refugees in the 30s and as Teach days “repatriated” them to make Germany great again
The right-wing has vilified all immigrant groups and still do. It is like a tradition! All 4 of my grand parents were immigrants ~ at least 1 spoke Garlic as her 1dt language. All assimilated. All were economic refugees. 1n 1900 85 per cent of Ireland was owned by UK. Today the USA continues to attack the best from other countries the hardest workers and the smartest.
The grandson of legal immigrants using an alias wrote:
Spoke garlic? Sounds like bad breath to me! 🙂
So, they came here legally, through Ellis Island, I presume?
So let them immigrate to the United States legally!
But the smartest? The smartest are successful in their own countries, not the failures who come seeking our welfare systems. The ones who are the smartest and want to come here do so legally, through the HB-1 programs.
Johnny-please show proof they’re “the hardest working and the
“smartest”. And smartest compared to what?
Wait, what? Kentucky State imported a Senegalese basketball player, but didn’t properly take care of her immigration case?
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