- Posted December 03, 2018
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U.S. agrees to release Haitian held for 2 years in asylum case
ANN ARBOR (AP) - The U.S. government has agreed to release a Haitian man who was granted asylum but has been in custody for two years because of appeals.
U.S. Distrcit Court Judge Judith Levy disclosed the deal last Thursday, a day after holding a hearing in federal court in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Ansly Damus is a teacher from Haiti who entered the U.S. in 2016 and sought asylum, saying his life was at risk because he criticized a political leader.
The American Civil Liberties Union says Damus has been locked up in a windowless room at a jail in Chardon, Ohio.
Levy doesn't have a role in the asylum dispute. But the ACLU sued to try to win his release while the case is pending.
Damus will wear an ankle monitor and live with a couple in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Published: Mon, Dec 03, 2018
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