Judge Orders the Release of Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir

by The Associated Press and Beth Fertig

A federal judge in New York City has ordered the immediate release of a prominent immigration activist, saying his detention was "unnecessarily cruel."

Applause broke out in a packed Manhattan courtroom Monday after Judge Katherine Forrest announced that Ravi Ragbir must be released.

Ragbir, a Trinidadian citizen, was once a legal permanent resident of the United States, but lost his status after serving time for a wire fraud conviction incurred 18 years ago. Since 2006, he has been fighting a deportation order, and was detained on January 11 during a regular check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE.

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Source: WNYC News (via Empire Report New York)