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Ganesh Oduko came to the U.S. from Ghana in January 2022 on a student visa and was a student at a New Jersey university until 2023

He was arrested in June after Homeland Security Agents approached him outside of his apartment and he has been detained since

Oduko married Angie Figueroa on Wednesday, Aug. 13, and they hope their marriage will strengthen his ties to the U.S. and allow him to remain in the country

In early May, Angie Figueroa and Ganesh Oduko visited a jewelry store in New Jersey to try on wedding bands — the next step in their two-year courtship as they continued to plan for an intimate marriage ceremony later this year.

On Aug. 13, the couple married under circumstances they did not expect: They exchanged vows in a chapel at the detention center in Newark,

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