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Lawyer Hector Mora didn’t respond to a request for comment, but previously told The Baltimore Sun that Rodriguez hoped to be granted asylum and has worked legally since 2009.

ICE spokeswoman Justine Whelan said in a statement that Rodriguez was arrested because for a second time, she failed to buy a ticket to leave the country in line with her final order of removal. ICE says Rodriguez was issued an order of removal in 2006 and required check-in regularly since 2009.

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