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Kentucky State basketball player released on bond after two months in ICE custody

Amina Seck was released Wednesday on a $2,500 bond, about two months after immigration officers detained her at Louisville’s airport. She has described spending a week in isolation.

Kentucky State basketball player released on bond after two months in ICE custody
Amina Seck, a Kentucky State University basketball player, was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody Wednesday after posting a $2,500 bond, roughly two months after she was detained at Louisville’s airport. Seck has described spending a week in isolation during the period surrounding her release. Further details about the isolation and the circumstances of her detention were not available in the information provided. Her release followed a bond decision reported Tuesday by her attorney, Hishem Alsalman. Seck’s case has drawn attention in Louisville as another local example of the effects of federal immigration detention on people living and studying in the region.

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