Ward Sakeik was detained in February on her way home from her honeymoon in the US Virgin Islands

-The US government has tried for the second time to deport a stateless Palestinian woman, according to court documents – despite a judge’s order barring her removal.

-Ward Sakeik, a 22-year-old newlywed, was detained in February on her way home from her honeymoon in the US Virgin Islands. Last month, the government attempted to deport her without informing her where she was being sent, according to her husband, Taahir Shaikh. An officer eventually told her that she would be sent to the Israel border – just hours before Israel launched airstrikes on Iran.

-After her lawyers filed suit on behalf, US district judge Ed Kinkeade issued an order on 22 June barring the government from deporting Sakeik or removing her from the Texas district where she is being detained while her case is decided.

-But on Monday, the government tried once again to deport her. Officers at the detention facility woke her up early in the morning on Monday, and told her she “had to leave”. When she tried to tell the officer there was a court order blocking her removal, the officer responded: “It’s not up to me.”

  • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    This is the absolute pits. I know a Palestinian lad who was stateless until he got an Irish passport a few years back. I was so, so happy for him when he did.

    Dumping a stateless person out into the unknown is one of the cruelest things you could do. But no…We can go lower…

    An officer eventually told her that she would be sent to the Israel border

    JFC :/

    Sakeik’s family is from Gaza, but she was born in Saudi Arabia, which does not grant birthright citizenship to the children of foreigners

    This is a similar story to my friend. Stateless Gazan parents but he was born in UAE and has never set foot on Palestinian soil. Horror story for that poor woman.