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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maanvi Singh

Leqaa Kordia, a pro-Palestinian activist, released after a year in ICE custody

A woman in a hijab making a peace sign while holding a bouquet of flowers.
Leqaa Kordia gestures to friends, family and supporters after her release from immigration detention. Photograph: Tony Gutierrez/AP

A New Jersey woman who had been arrested at a pro-Palestine protest and booked into a US immigration detention center in Texas last March has been released on bond, after a year in custody.

Leqaa Kordia, 33, originally from the West Bank, was arrested in April 2024 at a protest against Israel’s war on Gaza outside of Columbia University. Nearly a year later, she was taken into custody after reporting for a check-in at a Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in New Jersey.

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