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Immigrant detentions soar despite Biden’s campaign promises

by Philip MarceloGerald Herbert
| August 8, 2021 12:09 AM

WINNFIELD, La. (AP) — Alexander Martinez says he fled from homophobia, government persecution and the notorious MS-13 gang in El Salvador only to run into abuse and harassment in America’s immigration detention system.

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