Cliona Ward: How a Midleton family outshone America’s dark immigration system

The Cliona Ward case shows how American immigration policy crushes the vulnerable — unless someone is watching, shouting, refusing
Cliona Ward: How a Midleton family outshone America’s dark immigration system

Supporters campaign for the release of Cliona Ward. Picture: Facebook/iAmerica

For weeks we had known it was coming.

The Trump administration’s aggressive crackdown on alleged illegal immigration had given rise to so many horror stories, it was surely only a matter of time before an Irish citizen was affected, not least given the sheer amount of undocumented Irish living in the US.

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