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Bay Area Community Interpreter Abducted by ICE while Interpreting = Release Kubanych Moldobaev! Calling all immigrant rights defenders, interpreters, language justice advocates!
Kubanych is an asylum seeker from Kyrgyzstan who was abducted by ICE on October 30, 2025 while translating for his friend at his ISAP interview in San Jose, CA. Despite Kubanych immediately requesting voluntary deportation to Kyrgyzstan upon detention, ICE has continued to keep him imprisoned for 8 months at the California City Detention Center where he has witnessed and experienced routine torture, humiliation, and abuse. Kubanych is one of thousands of migrants being subjected to horrendous conditions by the Trump administration while being left in legal limbo as ICE continues to ignore his request for reunification.
Action items to help Kubanych reunite with his wife and four young children:
1.⁠ ⁠Call and email using the toolkit to pressure ICE to comply with Kubanych's request to return to Kyrgyzstan
2.⁠ ⁠Donate to help Kubanych’s family afford the cost of reunification
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