Amadou Ly

Amadou Ly (born Amadou Heinz Ly) is a Senegalese-American nonprofit executive, community advocate, Competing against elite institutions, his team's victory became a symbol of perseverance and promise. His story, featured on the front page of The New York Times CBS, PBS, and international media, inspired extraordinary bipartisan intervention. joined by President George W. Bush, Senators Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Chuck Schumer, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and more than twenty-three Members of Congress.

Career Ly later founded the Amadou Ly Foundation, which operates as a nonprofit immigrant support and advocacy organization without direct government funding. The foundation provides legal referrals, employment pathways, ESL instruction, healthcare enrollment assistance, food distribution, transportation support, housing navigation, and multilingual advocacy in English, Wolof, and French. The organization reports serving more than 10,000 immigrants and asylum seekers, with members across approximately 15 states. and the NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission. He has collaborated with U.S. Representative Adriano Espaillat on community "Know Your Rights" events focused on immigration law and due-process protections.

After meeting immigration detainees in Louisiana who reported food shortages and mistreatment, Ly established the "Immigrant Detainee Commissary Fund", a humanitarian initiative supporting individuals held in federal immigration detention. He also co-leads an Immigration Legal and Medical Consultation initiative in Harlem in partnership with Columbia University School of Law.

Legal actions and detainee advocacy In December 2025, the Amadou Ly Foundation gained public attention for spearheading efforts to secure the release of detained Canal Street vendors in New York City. One such case involved Abdou Tall, an immigrant detainee whom the foundation argued had been unlawfully detained. After learning of Tall's case, ALF filed a federal habeas corpus petition challenging the legality of his arrest. On December 24, Judge Arun Subramanian, a federal judge ruled in favor of the petition and ordered Tall's release.

On Thursday, January 1, 2025, Ly appeared at the inauguration ceremony of the New York City mayor, where he delivered remarks while introducing Jumaane Williams prior to Williams's swearing-in. According to CNN, his introduction received a strong response from members of the public in attendance.

Personal life On 27 August 2014, Ly became a U.S. citizen, reciting the Oath of Allegiance at a judicial naturalization ceremony in Los Angeles. Residing in Los Angeles, he is still acting.

Filmography The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 ....Henri (2012) The Tested ....James Luke (2010) L'embrasement .... (2007)