Man who mutilated his two-year old daughters genitals deported

CNN:
An Ethiopian man convicted in Georgia of mutilating his 2-year-old daughter's genitals has been sent back to his home country by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ICE removed Khalid Adem, 41, on Monday after he served 10 years in prison. ICE officials said the case is thought to be the first criminal conviction in the United States for female genital mutilation, a widely scorned but persistent procedure the World Health Organization calls a "global concern."

"The practice is most common in the western, eastern, and northeastern regions of Africa, in some countries (in) the Middle East and Asia, as well as among migrants from these areas," WHO said.

"A young girl's life has been forever scarred by this horrible crime," Sean W. Gallagher, field office director for ICE's Atlanta Emergency and Removal Operations, said in a statement.
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Extreme vetting of immigrants from countries where this is practiced should include questions about attitudes about it.  Any culture where this is practiced should be barred from entry into this country unless it is clearly renounced in writing.

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