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February 8, 2016

Salvadoran Woman Who Suffered 7 Seizures in ICE Custody Finally Released
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A Salvadoran woman who suffered seven seizures while in immigration
custody has been released from a for-profit detention center in Texas
after a public outcry. Susana Arévalo was detained last month in one of
the Obama administration's raids targeting Central American families
seeking asylum. She told Democracy Now! officials had prevented her from
attending her medical appointments for epilepsy. To hear an excerpt of
our interview with Arévalo from detention you can go to
democracynow.org.


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