A teen's family fled torture in Congo by settling in Maine. Then ICE showed up

Teenager Olivia Andre found her family at a Texas detention center after they were detained and separated. They were released, but she remains in custody.

Olivia Andre thought the traumas were behind her. She and her family escaped repression and torture in the Democratic Republic of Congo and suffered the tragic death of her 8-year-old brother on their journey to America in 2022. They spent three years trying to rebuild their lives in Maine. Then ICE arrested the family in November, tearing them apart again with Andre, now 19, detained separately as an adult.

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