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Boston Residents Demand ICE Release Activist Siham Byah

HeadlineNov 10, 2017

And in Boston, Massachusetts, residents are demanding immigration authorities release activist Siham Byah, who is facing deportation to Morocco. Byah is the mother of an 8-year-old boy who is a U.S. citizen. Hundreds of people rallied earlier this week outside the Federal Building in Boston to demand her freedom, saying she is being targeted for her political activism. She has now launched a hunger strike.

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