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    The Day ICE Knocked on My Door

    He completed his prison sentence. Then immigration officers came calling.
    by Khalil A. Cumberbatch Feb 02, 2018 4 minutes

    It began like any other spring day. I woke up in my apartment in Queens and went about my daily ritual of preparing a batch of coffee and watching the morning news. Then my plan was to wake up my daughters and get them ready for school.

    The sun was shining and so was my spirit, because I was just one week away from completing my master’s degree in social work. I had meticulously planned every step toward obtaining it, ever since I had been incarcerated. That included working at various nonprofits, as both an intern and an employee, in addition to my schoolwork.

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