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North Carolina pastor taken by ICE had a stroke in detention, family says

North Carolina pastor taken by ICE had a stroke in detention, family saysAuthorities took Gabriel Johnson, 55, to the hospital after he had “stroke-like symptoms” in detention, leaving his family fearful for his well-being.Listen to this article00:0000:00Gabriel Johnson came to the U.S. as a teenager and was granted a withholding of removal, barring him from…

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North Carolina pastor taken by ICE had a stroke in detention, family says

Authorities took Gabriel Johnson, 55, to the hospital after he had “stroke-like symptoms” in detention, leaving his family fearful for his well-being.

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Gabriel Johnson came to the U.S. as a teenager and was granted a withholding of removal, barring him from being deported to Liberia.Leila Register / NBC News; Getty Images; Courtesy Johnson Family

A little more than two weeks after her father was arrested by ICE, Gabri Johnson received the call she had been dreading: Her father, a pastor in North Carolina, was in the hospital in Texas after having a stroke, she said. Since then, ICE has kept their family in the dark about his medical care and her father’s condition, Johnson said.

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