Help Aminati Hold Her Baby

Aminati Tambo is 28 years old, 28 weeks pregnant, and locked in an immigration jail in rural Minnesota.

She fled the Congo three years ago after soldiers killed her husband and burned their home. She lost her first child to malnutrition in a refugee camp. She made it to America. She did everything right.

Aminati settled in Saint Paul's Frogtown neighborhood where she has been cleaning offices at night for a living. She reported to ICE every three months. Her asylum case was moving forward. She was going to have a baby, a girl she plans to name Merveille, meaning "miracle."

On March 5th, 2026, she went for her routine ICE check-in. She was 28 weeks pregnant.

She never came home.

A paperwork error flagged her file. Under Operation Metro Surge, she was detained, transferred to Sherburne County Jail separated from all her evidence.

Where She Is Now?

Aminati is still in detention, still pregnant and still counting contractions in a cell.

A federal judge issued a temporary order stopping her deportation. But temporary is not safety. In days, she will give birth. She does not know if she will hold Merveille or if they will take her. She does not know if she will be deported alone, leaving her American baby behind.

What She Needs: $13,500

- $7,500 – Emergency legal representation to fight the wrongful order and secure her asylum case

- $2,500 – Independent medical monitoring for her high-risk pregnancy inside detention

- $3,500 – Postpartum support to reunite with her baby if they are separated

Why This Matters

Aminati fled death. She buried one child. She followed every rule. She is about to bring an American citizen into the world.

Now she is locked in a cell, praying she gets to hold her daughter before they try to send her back to die.

Please help Aminati hold Merveille.