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Army staff sergeant’s wife brought back to US after mid-flight ICE reversal

An Army staff sergeant's wife was removed from a deportation flight to Brazil after a mysterious phone call during the flight, and ICE returned her to her home in Louisiana. The incident involved an apparent reversal of her deportation order mid-flight.

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