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2026 April

2026-04-16 ICE targeted and detained PhD student Yousof Azizi while he was dropping his children off at daycare because he reported on the war in Iran, and have since transferred him from facility to facility, refusing to release him.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/24/headlines/us_seeks_to_deport_iranian_doctoral_student_who_provided_media_commentary_on_iran_war

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-administration-attempts-deport-iranian-media-commentator-yousof-azizi-2026-04-16/

2026-04-21 The Trump administration said it would be sending up to 1100 Afghans who helped US forces during the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of Congo or other countries they are not from.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/afghan-refugees-us-congo

2026-04-22 Marco Rubio lied and told the press the two women detained with last names Soleimani were related to late General Qassem Soleimani. Now the Trump administration refuses to release them.

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/iranian-women-ice-detention-not-related-qasem-soleimani-rubio-loomer

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/4/top-diplomat-marco-rubio-strips-qassem-soleimanis-niece-of-us-residency

https://www.instagram.com/p/DWuZIiHEhrE/

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian-women-held-us-immigration-not-qassem-soleimani-relatives-report

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/24/headlines/iranian_asylum_seekers_jailed_by_ice_are_not_related_to_military_commander_as_trump_admin_claimed