“There’s a lot of anxiety,” said Martin Manna, president of the Chaldean Community Foundation. “Jimmy was sacrificed because of U.S. immigration policy, and that needs to change.”
For many in Detroit’s Iraqi Chaldean Catholic community, the election of President Trump appeared a positive development. They envisioned a bright future with an administration led by a man who had advocated strongly on behalf of Christian minorities in majority-Muslim countries.
For much of his life, friends say, Aldaoud battled depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, and he also had diabetes. He depended on the support of family and friends, they said. “There’s a lot of anxiety” said Martin Manna, president of the Chaldean Community Foundation. “Jimmy was sacrificed because of U.S. immigration policy, and that needs to change.”
In 2017, a federal judge in Detroit placed a temporary hold on the deportation of more than 1,400 Iraqis nationwide who had been issued final orders of removal. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Mark Goldsmith prevented Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting at least 114 Iraqis — most of them Chaldean Catholics who were detained in the Detroit area.
In the wake of Aldaoud’s death, Shamou fears for her uncle’s life. Getting in touch with him has been difficult, Shamou said, because he doesn’t have a phone. “He was one of the most vulnerable people out there, and the issues he had landed him in and out of trouble,” said Bajoka, the attorney.
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