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The Colombian asylum-seeker spoke to Judge Joseph Y. Park in Spanish through an interpreter: “I have a tumor that is 10 inches by 12 inches on my chest,” he said in San Francisco’s immigration court today.

On the bench, where he sat, a folder of medical documents laid open with a Medi-Cal card peeking out from his wallet. “I need to stay here to continue my treatment,” he pleaded. He wore a black mask and had a short buzz cut with visibly balding, patchy, spots from chemo.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers had already arrested five individuals at 63

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