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Law enforcement officer from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) walking back to their vehicle after responding to a emergency call in Franklin Park in downtown Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON – The last time she saw her husband, the father of her three children, was when he left their Washington apartment a month ago to buy milk and diapers. Before long he called to say he had been pulled over — but not to worry, because it was just local police. The next time she heard from him, he was at a detention center in Virginia.

Since that day, the 40-year-old mother of three has been too afraid to take her two sons to their nearby charter school. Like her husba

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