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The Guardian - US
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Marina Dunbar

Maryland woman who says she is US citizen finally released from ICE custody

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Dulce Consuelo Díaz Morales said she was detained near her home on 14 December. Photograph: Courtesy of Sanabria & Associates

A Maryland woman has been released and reunited with her family after spending 25 days in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody – despite her attorneys saying documentation showed she was born in the US and therefore is a citizen.

Dulce Consuelo Díaz Morales and her legal team maintain she was born in the US and possess records supporting that claim. ICE, however, had disputed this, asserting she is a Mexican citizen who entered the US unlawfully.

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