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Earlier this week, Omar Abdulkadir Artan, who was set to be the first Somali to referee a World Cup tournament, was denied entry into the U.S. at Miami International Airport. U.S. Immigration officials told Stateline that Artan was “inadmissible due to vetting concerns.” At the end of last year, the Trump administration included Somalia on a list of 39 countries whose nationals are subject to enhanced travel restrictions.

For Zavala, the celebration marked the end of 45 days in ICE detention, including at Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Pennsylvania. The Clearfield County facility is one of the largest in the country, where detainee deaths and allegations of inhumane conditions have drawn scrutiny from advocates, attorneys, and elected officials.

An ICE detainee was put in solitary confinement, then transferred out of state after the private contractor that runs a Pennsylvania detention center claimed he encouraged others to refuse meals to protest conditions, a report obtained by Spotlight PA and WITF reveals.