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Jan 19, 2025 |
indypendent.org | Renée Feltz |Peter Rugh |John Tarleton
On January 11, 2018, immigrant-rights leader Ravi Ragbir reported to Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) headquarters in Lower Manhattan for a regularly scheduled check-in. Ragbir’s 2001 conviction for wire fraud and his subsequent activism made him a target for deportation. He was accompanied up to the building’s front entrance by 250 supporters including faith leaders and several city council members determined that he not be removed from the country.
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