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Congresswoman, attorney argue a Houston ISD student from Russia is here legally. He was detained by ICE anyway

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Alim Garipov, 18, was released three days after his July 17 arrest by federal agents. Immigration experts say his detention, for an overstayed visa with a pending asylum case, is a demonstration of the significantly wider net ICE is casting under the Trump administration.

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