Biden Pardons Marcus Garvey, Immigration Activist Ravi Ragbir
#DemocracyNow, Jan 20, 2025
"On Sunday, Biden issued five other pardons, including one for the late Pan-Africanist and Black nationalist leader #MarcusGarvey, who was convicted of mail fraud in the 1920s. Biden also pardoned the New York-based immigrant rights leader #Rav Ragbir, who spoke to Democracy Now! on Sunday night.
Ravi Ragbir: âThis has meant a lot for my family and myself, because it stops the continued punishment that I have faced throughout the last two decades, where I every day was uncertain because I faced the possibility of deportation. In fact, in 2018, ICE made a concerted effort to kidnap me and with the intention to deport me. And itâs only because of community support that Iâm still standing.â
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