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Judge Tells ICE to Give Immigrant ‘Freedom to Say Goodbye’ Before Deportation

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Ravi Ragbir was convicted of wire fraud two decades ago and will be sent back to Trinidad after he was detained this month.

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A prominent immigration activist headed for deportation must be released to get his affairs in order, a federal judge ruled Monday.

"There is, and ought to be in this great country, the freedom to say goodbye," Judge Katherine Forrest said in her order freeing Ravi Ragbir from Immigrations and Customs...

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