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Update: Wisconsin student released from detention | Update: Wisconsin student released from detention |
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| Monday, 14 April 2008 | |
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Tope Awe, a University of Wisconsin student who was detained last month when Department of Homeland Security officials decided her father's medical visa had run out, is now free. But her case isn't over.
Immediately after Awe was detained, the Madison student community organized in her support, raising money to help her with legal fees and organizing a march to the Wisonsin State Capitol. As they marched through Madison's streets, however, they didn't just ask for Awe's release - they demanded better immigration laws.
DREAMActivist of A Dream Deferred, a website written by students throughout the country who support the DREAM Act and fair immigration reform, wrote about Awe's release:
See the rally - and the students' demands - here: |
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