UPDATED: December 2019
Columbus Dispatch: Local Mauritanians still fighting for safety, ‘justice’
By Danae King
November 29, 2019
Middle East Eye: Crossing the river: Black Mauritanians haunted by mass expulsion to Senegal
By Amandla Thomas-Johnson
November 27, 2019
WVXU: Mauritanian Refugees on War, Genocide and Exile
By Michael Monks
November 25, 2019
Global Comment: A voice for immigrants through ‘Living Undocumented’
By Edgary Rodriguez R.
November 21, 2019
CityBeat: National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to Host Event Calling for Justice in Mauritania
By CityBeat Staff
November 18, 2019
People’s World: Netflix’s ‘Living Undocumented’ debunks Trump’s immigrant boogeyman myth
By Chauncey K. Robinson
October 10, 2019
The Forward: An Undocumented Israeli Family Chases The American Dream On Netflix
By Irene Connelly
October 4, 2019
The Guardian: ‘These people aren’t just statistics’: behind the year’s most personal look at immigration
By Adrian Horton
October 3, 2019
CBS News: Undocumented immigrants risk deportation to protest for rights in France
By Haley Ott
October 3, 2019
Heavy: Living Undocumented: Where Are They Now in 2019?
By Caroline Burke
October 3, 2019
Vulture: The Heartbreaking Immigration Stories Behind Living Undocumented
By Maria Elena Fernandez
October 2, 2019
The New York Times: The Best Movies and TV Shows Coming to Netflix, Amazon and More in October
By Jennifer Vineyard
October 1, 2019
By Tonja Renée Stidhum
October 1, 2019
Los Angeles Times: African migrants stuck in southern Mexico, their American dream on hold
By Patrick J. McDonnell
September 22, 2019
Netflix: Trailer for “Living Undocumented”
September 2019
Cleveland Scene: Lynn Tramonte
By Sam Allard
September 11, 2019
La Mega Nota: Lynn Tramonte, otra voz para los inmigrantes
By Claudia Longo
September 2019
Cleveland Scene: Dozen-Plus Black Mauritanians in Ohio Freed, But Many More Still in ICE Detention
By Sam Allard
September 4, 2019
Translated and reprinted in Senalioune by Alioune Ly
Progreso Hispano News: VENCIÓ SU VISA, FUE DETENIDO Y TAMBIÉN DEPORTADO
By Alejandro Linares
August 13, 2019
La Opinion: Llevaba 20 en EEUU. Tenía que someterse a una operación complicada. Aún así, ICE lo deportó
August 12, 2019
August 11, 2019
By Francesco Rodella
NBC: ICE deports man awaiting hip replacement surgery to Mauritania
By Omar Abdel-Baqui
August 11, 2019
Cincinnati Enquirer: For 15th anniversary, 15 facts about the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
By Byron McCauley and Mark Curnutte
August 2, 2019
Cincinnati Enquirer: ‘I do everything all Americans do.’ Home but for how long? ICE releases Mauritanian man after 11 months
By Mark Curnutte
July 16, 2019
WOSU: Local Mauritanian Community Calls On Steve Chabot For Help
By Ambriehl Crutchfield
July 15, 2019
Cincinnati CityBeat: More Than 100 Greater Cincinnatians Rally Downtown Protesting Injustice in Mauritania
By Nick Swartsell
July 15, 2019
Wanglaw News: Round-Up of Mauritanian Articles
By CK Wang
July 2019
British Council, “Trust Me I Am An Immigrant” Anthology: Storytelling in the Face of Xenophobia
By Maria Garcia
June 2019
Cleveland Scene: Ohio Activist’s Father Among Mauritanians Arrested After Presidential Election
By Sam Allard
June 28, 2019
Cincinnati Herald: Panel discusses U.S deportations and modern-day slavery in Mauritania
By Lynn Tramonte
June 13, 2019
Cleveland Scene: ICE is Shipping Ohio’s Mauritanians Back to Slavery’s Last Stronghold in Northwest Africa – The Humanitarian Crisis in Our Backyard
By Sam Allard
June 5, 2019
Columbus Free Press: On May 11, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center to Host Community-Driven Program on Mauritania
By Lynn Tramonte
May 9, 2019
The Stranger: Can Dow Constantine Actually Stop ICE from Deporting Thousands of People through Boeing Field?
By Lester Black
April 25, 2019
IMM Print (Freedom for Immigrants blog): Mohamed Diaby is Home in Ohio
Cross-posted at End Slavery Now
By Lynn Tramonte
April 28, 2019
Cincinnati Enquirer: West African Fulani celebrate culture, resilience: ‘We remember our old country’
By Mark Curnutte
April 25, 2019
Cincinnati Enquirer: Mauritanian immigrant now free, but ‘lost everything’ in ICE detention
By Mark Curnutte
April 10, 2019
US Blastings News: Immigrants in the Cleveland Federal Court system face long waits and high bonds
By Ashley Herzog
February 27, 2019
The Guardian: One in 200 people is a slave. Why?
By Kate Hodal
February 25, 2019
Yellow Springs News: The border is here — Mauritanians fight deportation
By Carol Simmons
February 15, 2019
Columbus Dispatch: Mauritanians being deported despite US government acknowledging crime, terror, slavery in homeland
By Danae King
February 4, 2019
Sojourners Magazine: The New Transatlantic Slave Trade
By Rev. Jeania Ree V. Moore
January 2019
Cincinnati Enquirer: Government shutdown traps Cincinnati area men in growing immigration court delays
By Mark Curnutte
January 18, 2019
The Atlantic: The Shutdown Makes Trump’s Priorities Painfully Clear
By Franklin Foer
January 8, 2019
NBC News: Shutdown nearly shuts U.S. immigration courts, but deportations continue
By Lisa Riordan Seville
January 5, 2019
Cincinnati Enquirer: ‘A win for the good guys.’ Mauritanian from Lockland spared immediate deportation
By Mark Curnutte
January 4, 2019
WKRC Local 12: Lockland father facing deportation granted a stay
January 4, 2019
Fox 19: Ohio man facing deportation spared at the last minute
By Maytal Levi
January 4, 2019
WKRC Local 12: Lockland father still at risk of being deported
December 28, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer: Prospects ‘slim’ for Lockland father of 5 being deported to Mauritania
By Mark Curnutte
December 28, 2018
Columbus Free Press: Thomson Reuters Confirms U.S. is Deporting Black Mauritanians to Arrest, Interrogation, Torture, and Extortion
By Lynn Tramonte
December 27, 2018
Arise! WPFW: Interview with Lynn Tramonte
By Bill Fletcher, Jr
December 21, 2018
By Jessica Kwong
December 18, 2018
Face 2 Face Africa: Mauritanian deportees affected by Trump’s policies face jail on arrival
By Nduta Waweru
December 18, 2018
FreshWater Cleveland: Civics Essential: the path to citizenship and legal status for immigrants
By Jim Debrosse
December 18, 2018
Thomson Reuters Foundation: Mauritanians who sought refuge in U.S. face deportation, then jail
By Nellie Peyton
December 17, 2018
Columbus Free Press: ICE Report on FY18 Deportation “Statistics”: We Are Deeply Disgusted and Utterly Ashamed
By Lynn Tramonte (reposted)
December 14, 2018
Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center Newsletter: Sending Ohioans to slavery
By Samantha Searls
Fall 2018
APACHE (BE): Amnesty denounces secret Belgian return agreement with Mauritania
By Stef Arends
November 28, 2018
English translation here
Columbus Underground: Long-term Ohio Resident Faces Deportation to Country that Once Enslaved Him
By Lauren Sega
November 16, 2018
Associated Press: Young man’s harrowing journey to US underscores immigration shift
(In Spanish here)
November 12, 2018
NBC News: The Trump admin sent him ‘home’ to a land where slavery lives on
By Lisa Riordan Seville, Adiel Kaplan, and Dan De Luce
November 11, 2018
Thomson Reuters: Mauritanian activists hail US decision to end trade deal over slavery
By Nellie Peyton
November 6, 2018
Heartland Woman (podcast): “It’s a Moral Choice” – Lynn Tramonte discusses Black Mauritanian deportations, among other issues
By Martha Kovach, PhD
October 30, 2018
The Westside Gazette: Senators Urge Trump Administration to Halt Deportation of Mauritanians
By Carma Henry
October 23, 2018
Arise! WPFW: Interview with Lynn Tramonte
By Bill Fletcher, Jr
October 19, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer: Deported to slavery? Forest Park man back in Mauritania, where is a non-citizen
By Mark Curnutte
October 17, 2018
USA Today: Trump increases deportations to Mauritania, where slavery still dominates culture
By Alan Gomez
October 16, 2018
USA Today: World watches as pressure mounts on Saudis, Trump (news roundup)
By Editors
October 16, 2018
By Jakub Lewandowski
October 16, 2018
By Issac J. Bailey
October 16. 2018
Ebony: Trump admin called on to halt deportation of black Mauritanians
By Sarafina Wright
October 16, 2018
Blavity: “Trump Is Deporting Four Black Migrants To A Country Where 20 Percent Of The Population Is Enslaved”
By Tonja Renee Stidhum
October 16, 2018
Black Press USA: Senators Urge Trump Administration to Halt Deportations of Mauritanians
By Staff Writers
October 16. 2018
IRA-USA: OHIO: trump-led ICE deports Mauritanians
By IRA-USA Blog
October 16, 2018
Kings County Politics: Bklyn’s Fed Delegation Lobby On Behalf Of Immigrants Facing Slavery
By Michael Rock
October 16, 2018
Z6 Mag: Trump Administration Might Deport Another Batch to Mauritania
By Tiffany
October 16, 2018
Cincinnati CityBeat: Attorneys Say Cincinnati Residents From Mauritania Face Slavery If Deported
By Nick Swartsell
October 12, 2018
Los Angeles Sentinel: Harris, Thompson, Nadler, Lofgren, Beatty Lead Lawmakers in Letter to Urge Administration to Halt Deportation of Black Mauritanians
By Sentinel News Service
October 12, 2018
Columbus Dispatch (op-ed): City should rally around Mauritanians living here
By Patrick Terrien, Columbus Council on World Affairs
October 12, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer (op-ed): No Person Deserves Enslavement
By Damon Lynch Jr. and Dion Brown, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
October 12, 2018
WVXU: Mauritania, Medical Marijuana, Metro And More: A Look At This Week’s Top Stories
By Dan Hurley
October 12, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer: Two more men face deportation to Mauritania from Cincinnati; fear ‘they will kill us all’
By Mark Curnutte
October 11, 2018
WKRC Cincinnati Local 12: Family says Mauritanian man could be forced into slavery if deported
By William Smith-Randolph
October 9, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer: Does slavery await father of 5 from Lockland fighting deportation back to Mauritania?
By Mark Curnutte
October 8, 2018
Cincinnati Enquirer (Video): “They Took Him”
By Cara Owsley
October 8, 2018
WCPO: Cincinnati father of five in ICE custody, could be deported to Mauritania
By WCPO Staff
October 4, 2018
FOX28: Mauritanian man refuses to get on plane after deportation order
By Alexis Moberger
October 4, 2018
ABC6: Mauritanian man refuses to get on plane after deportation order
By Alexis Moberger
October 4, 2018
Truthdig: ICE Deports African Man Who Escaped Ethnic Cleansing
By Laura Morel (reprint)
September 26, 2018
Documented: News Roundup
By Irene Spezzamonte
September 26, 2018
Columbus Dispatch: 5 Mauritanians in Ohio Win Temporary Halt to Deportation
By Danae King
September 25, 2018
Reveal News: A Mauritanian man escaped his country’s ethnic cleansing. ICE deported him anyway.
By Laura Morel
September 24, 2018
Minnesota Public Radio: As deportation wheels grind, Augsburg prof worries, waits
By Riham Feshir
September 10, 2018
Africa Times: Midwest to West Africa: Migrant deportation patterns in the U.S. heartland
By Laureen Fagan
September 7, 2018
Columbus Dispatch: Slavery may await deported Mauritanians
By Other Viewpoints (WaPo Editorial Board)
August 28, 2018
Washington Post: ICE is sending Mauritanians back to modern-day slavery
By Editorial Board
August 27, 2018
Local DVM: Man deported to Mauritania after 17 years in U.S.
By Rebecca Burnett
August 24, 2018
Washington City Paper: Activists Rush to Dulles to Stop Deportation
By Alexa Mills
August 24, 2018
America’s Voice: Deportations to Mauritania: What You Need to Know
By Lynn Tramonte
August 23, 2018
WOSU: The Radicalization of ICE
All Sides with Ann Fisher
August 21, 2018
Amnistía Internacional: Amnistía Internacional Estados Unidos hace un llamamiento al gobierno de trump para que detenga la posible expulsión de refugiados mauritanos
Por Amnistía Internacional
August 21, 2018
Newsweek: Trump Warned Mauritanians Could Face ‘Slavery, Torture And Death’ If Deported By Chantal Da Silva
August 20, 2018
Columbus Dispatch: Editorial: US shouldn’t become new persecutor of refugees
August 20, 2018
Amnesty International: Mauritania: Arrests of opposition leader, anti-slavery activist and two journalists point to worrying pre-election crackdown
August 15, 2018
The Columbus Dispatch: Area’s undocumented immigrants from Mauritania fearful of deportation
By Danae King
August 13, 2018
ABC6: Mauritanians in Central Ohio fear deportation
By Seema Iyer
August 14, 2018
See also transcript
Journal Du Cameroun: Mauritania: Anti-slavery leader jailed
August 14, 2018
Esquire: ICE Is the Sharp Edge of the Trump Administration’s Policy Making America White
By Charles Pierce
August 9, 2018
NPR Fresh Air: “How ICE Went Rogue”
By Terri Gross
August 9, 2018
The Guardian: Mauritanian presidential hopeful arrested amid fears of political foul play
By Kate Hodal
August 9, 2018
Repubblica: Mauritania, arrestato il leader anti-schiavitù Biram Dah Abeid
By Andrea Scutella
August 9, 2018
UNPO: UPDATED: Anti-Slavery Activist Biram Dah Abeid Transferred to Nouakchott Central Prison
August 7, 2018
The Atlantic: How Trump Radicalized ICE
By Franklin Foer
August 6, 2018
The Atlantic (Video): Fear and Anxiety at Refugee Road
August 6, 2018
Columbus Free Press: The fight against African slavery comes to Columbus
By Doug Rutledge
August 6, 2018
Washington Monthly: ICE Uses Cruelty and Fear to Encourage Self-Deportation
By Nancy LeTorneau
August 6, 2018
Colorlines: See ICE’s Terrifying Impact on Columbus’ ‘Refugee Road’
By Sameer Rao
August 6, 2018
The Economist: Mauritania ignores slavery, but jails those who protest against it
July 21, 2018