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“I’m scared for going inside,” she said before she went into Federal ICE building in Baltimore.

After about an hour, the crowd outside is told she was detained until she can be sent back to Honduras. Once there she will wait 10 years to try to legally return, according to her lawyer.

In the fiscal year 2017, ICE reported that they detained more than 143,000 people. That is the highest number over the past three years.

“This is another example of how this administration is separating families,” said Omar Angel Perez, lead organizer for LA RED/Faith In Action.

Not everyone agrees.

“That’s how the system works,” exclaimed a man who happened to see the crowd. “It’s the same way around the world.”

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