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Detained: A Homecoming

Radio Diaries by Radio Diaries & Radiotopia

Mar 27, 202616:14Society & Culture

Last week, Leqaa Kordia, young Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, walked out of an ICE detention center in Texas. Kordia had been held for more than a year. Radio Diaries has been following her story and record...

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Detained: A Homecoming is an episode from Radio Diaries by Radio Diaries & Radiotopia. Last week, Leqaa Kordia, young Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, walked out of an ICE detention center in Texas. Kordia had been held for more...

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Published Mar 27, 2026, 16:14 long, audio available.

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Last week, Leqaa Kordia, young Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, walked out of an ICE detention center in Texas. Kordia had been held for more than a year. Radio Diaries has been following her story and recorded Kordia while detention. Now, we bring you her first interview since her release. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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Published Mar 27, 2026 and 16:14 long