After fleeing danger, asylum seekers are getting caught in Trump’s dragnet

By: Emma Davis

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: January 30, 2026

Words: 2,331

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago

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She vividly remembers the terror of waking up in the middle of the night in her home country to police banging on her door, threatening to kill her if she didn’t tell them where her husband was. For all she knew, he was dead.

After their friend had presumably been killed for speaking out against the government, police arrested her husband, who once they were reunited she learned had managed to escape to a …

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