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Feds sought to deport 13,000 inmates from Rikers

NEW YORK (AP) — Immigrant advocates say authorities have begun deportation proceedings against an estimated 13,000 inmates held at the Rikers Island penal complex in New York City since 2004.

A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups says they obtained the data through a Freedom of Information Act request. The data demonstrate how the city's Department of Correction works with federal immigration...

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