For the first time in a very long time, immigration advocate Ravi Ragbir says he’s now able to walk down the street – without looking over his shoulder. It’s been an anxiety-ridden journey PIX11 News has documented for almost a decade,

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Immigrant rights activists are urging the Biden administration to pardon longtime activist Ravi Ragbir, who has been targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement for potential detention and deportation since 2001.

A chorus of nationally known faith leaders and other clergy in the New York area had supported the New Sanctuary Coalition director's plea to be spared deportation.

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Biden issued five other pardons, including one for the late Pan-Africanist and Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Biden also pardoned the New York-based immigrant rights leader Ravi Ragbir,

For Ragbir, this is another episode in a highly publicized deportation battle that began in 2006.