On a teal background, a white text box with black, bold text reads "In win for disability and immigrant rights, Dear Mongolian asylum seeker released from ICE custody following federal court order requiring disability accommodations." The date July 24th, 2025 is included on a line below. At the bottom of the image, the logos for Disability Rights Legal Center and Disability Law United are centered on a white field. A black swipe arrow invites the viewer to Read More by swiping over or moving to the next image.
On a teal background, a white text box with black, bold text reads "A Deaf, non-verbal man from Mongolia, Avirmed fled to the U.S. to seek asylum after he was the target of brutal attacks because of his disability. These beatings left him with a traumatic brain injury, seizures and memory loss. He had been detained at the Otay Mesa Detention Center since February. But despite repeated attempts by his legal team to secure disability accommodations in detention, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) failed to provide a qualified Mongolian Sign Language (MSL) interpreter." White pen lines depicting barbed wire are drawn across the top of the image. A black swipe arrow invites the viewer to move to the next image.
On a teal background, a white text box with black text reads "Avirmed spent months unable to effectively communicate with immigration officials about his asylum claim or his medical and mental condition. Instead of providing a qualified Mongolian Sign Language (MSL) interpreter, immigration officials relied on tools like Google Translate. ICE’s disregard for Avirmed’s rights under federal law resulted in dangerous and at times absurd miscommunications, including misidentifying his sister, a U.S. citizen residing in the U.S., as his daughter." White pen lines depicting barbed wire are drawn across the top of the image. A black swipe arrow invites the viewer to move to the next image.
On a teal background, a white text box with black text reads "On July 16, 2025, Judge Dana Sabraw of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California issued a preliminary injunction ordering the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide a qualified MSL interpreter for all future proceedings, redo mental health and credible fear evaluations that were previously conducted without interpretation, reschedule his competency hearing following proper assessments, remove the flawed earlier evaluations from the record, allow additional time for daily video calls with legal counsel and an MSL interpreter and ensure Avirmed’s sister is present for all future proceedings." White pen lines depicting barbed wire are drawn across the top of the image. A black swipe arrow invites the viewer to move to the next image.
✊ LEGAL VICTORY: A Deaf, non-verbal asylum seeker from Mongolia has been released from ICE custody following a federal court order requiring the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide accommodations to our client.
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