About this episode

Leqaa Kordia shares her experience after being released from ICE detention.

Last week, Leqaa Kordia, young Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, walked out of an ICE detention center in Texas. Kordia had been held for more than a year. Radio Diaries has been following her story and recorded Kordia while detention. Now, we bring you her first interview since her release. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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