Senegalese basketball player Aminata Seck, 26, don get $2,500 bail from immigration judge, two months afta dem arrest am by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for Louisville Airport for Kentucky. The decision come out on Tuesday, October 6, according to her lawyer Sadiqa Reynolds.
Seck wey stand 1.93 m and originally from Dakar, dey play for Kentucky State University. Dem arrest am on August 7 while she dey travel with her team go tournament for New York, and dem later carry am commot between detention centres for Kentucky and Illinois.
On September 30, immigration judge agree to reopen her case and cancel the deportation order. Her lawyer Hishem Alsalman talk say the judge see say dem never give her notice for the hearing wey she miss. Dem schedule new hearing for November 26. The Department of Homeland Security talk say Seck enter US legally for 2019, overstay, and dem order deport am afta hearing wey she no attend. Reynolds argue say she miss student visa deadline because she dey recover from back surgery.
Seck, wey dey suffer from ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, dey wear brace when dem arrest am, according to DHS, wey say dem carry am go hospital because of knee pain. Her lawyers say she suffer seizures for detention and dem don schedule surgery before dem arrest am. The Senegalese Ministry of Foreign Affairs say dem dey follow the case and dem dey provide consular assistance. Kentucky State University no gree comment. Dem select Seck for the third All-Conference team of her conference last season.
