My name is Ayana, and I am Sumiya’s oldest child. I am writing to you with a heavy heart and an urgent plea on behalf of my mother, who is currently being held in a detention center in South Carolina. She is sick and is not receiving the medical care she needs. her health declining and that continued neglect may result in permanent damage—or worse. My mother has always been a fighter, working tirelessly to build a life for us. But we have lost everything she struggled so hard to provide: our home, our car, her job, and her dream of beginning an LPN program next month. All of it is gone. Now, the only thing we are fighting for is her safe return.

My younger brother and I need our mother. I am begging you from the depths of my heart, please help us bring our mom home. Her life, her future, and our little family depend on it.