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Biden Pardons Marcus Garvey, Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir

HeadlineJan 20, 2025

On Sunday, Biden issued five other pardons, including one for the late Pan-Africanist and Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Biden also pardoned the New York-based immigrant rights leader Ravi Ragbir, who spoke to Democracy Now! on Sunday night.

Ravi Ragbir: “This has meant a lot for my family and myself, because it stops the continued punishment that I have faced throughout the last two decades, where I every day was uncertain because I faced the possibility of deportation. In fact, in 2018, ICE made a concerted effort to kidnap me and with the intention to deport me. And it’s only because of community support that I’m still standing.”

Click here to see our last interview with Ravi Ragbir.
Biden also pardoned gun violence prevention advocate Darryl Chambers, Virginia House Speaker Don Scott and criminal justice reform advocate Kemba Smith Pradia.

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