NY Gov. Hochul urges return of family facing deportation, including 7-year-old girl

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Gov. Kathy Hochul and some New York lawmakers are demanding the release of a 7-year-old girl, her mother and brother after federal immigration agents detained them last week at immigration court in Manhattan.

The family was attending a routine immigration check-in at 26 Federal Plaza, Hochul said, adding that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents “detained all three of them on the spot.”…

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