Sarafinah Bukirwa was detained in Louisville on July 22 and has an active asylum case, her brother said. Original story:Friends, family and a U.S. congressman say a Louisvillian from Uganda is currently in a medical “crisis” after federal immigration officers detained her a week ago. Her family said she suffers from sickle cell anemia, runs a nonprofit to treat the disease and was on her way to a sickle cell conference when she was detained. In a letter to federal immigration officials, he described reports of officers hitting Bukirwa and stripping her in front of male officers. Online event programs show a Sickle Cell Community Consortium was held in Los Angeles beginning on July 22.