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"ICE",
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"Israel and Max Makoka Are Coming Home After ICE Arrests Galvanized Their Mississippi Community",
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"textContent": "Israel and Max Makoka, the Hancock High School students whom ICE arrested on April 21, are free after U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker intervened on the brothers’ behalf.\n\nThe post Israel and Max Makoka Are Coming Home After ICE Arrests Galvanized Their Mississippi Community appeared first on Mississippi Free Press.",
"title": "Israel and Max Makoka Are Coming Home After ICE Arrests Galvanized Their Mississippi Community"
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