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Joe Crowley: Ragbir and Rep

joe crowley: Ragbir was in federal custody Saturday, several weeks after he was handcuffed and arrested during a routine check-in with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, according to Metro News. Velazquez, a New York Democrat, joined Ragbir's wife, Amy Gottlieb, and other elected officials Saturday at a rally in front of the Manhattan office building that houses ICE. That is where Ragbir was taken into custody on Jan. 11. Nydia Velazquez has invited the wife of detained immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. Three other Democratic members of Congress from New York showed up at the rally in support of Ragbir Rep. Joe Crowley and Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Rep. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.