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Immigrant rights advocate struggled to get her own nephew out of ICE detention

Seydi Sarr is an immigrant rights advocate in Detroit who primarily helps African immigrants find legal pathways to stay in the U.S. But when her own nephew was detained by immigration enforcement agents, even she didn’t know how to get him out.

Michigan Public’s Beenish Ahmed reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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