"Mamadou Diallo, 20, a Brooklyn Frontiers High School student and asylum seeker from Guinea, was detained in August after a routine court appearance, sparking outrage among community members, classmates and local advocacy groups. His detention became a focal point for protests highlighting ICE's practices and their impact on young immigrants in the city. Local leaders, including Council Members Lincoln Restler, Rita Joseph, and Alexa Aviles, Borough President Antonio Reynoso, and advocacy groups like the New York Immigration Coalition, spoke out against his detainment."
"Members of New York's Democratic congressional delegation also wrote an open letter to the Trump administration regarding Diallo's case and several others, while Mayor Adams' administration filed a letter supporting a bond hearing. In an update, Restler told the community that Diallo's lawyers at The Door and Legal Aid worked tirelessly to secure his release. In late November, Diallo was granted asylum based on his political opposition and ethnicity, and three days later he was released from a Pennsylvania detention facility."
Mamadou Diallo, 20, a Brooklyn Frontiers High School student and asylum seeker from Guinea, was detained in August after a routine court appearance. The detention prompted protests and drew criticism from local leaders and advocacy groups, including the New York Immigration Coalition. New York's Democratic congressional delegation wrote an open letter to the Trump administration while Mayor Adams' administration filed a letter supporting a bond hearing. Diallo's lawyers at The Door and Legal Aid secured his release after he was granted asylum in late November based on political opposition and ethnicity; he was released three days later from a Pennsylvania detention facility and returned to Brooklyn. Diallo had been completing a culinary internship, volunteering with the Audubon Society, and training to become a security guard.
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