From the New York Daily News:

Newly freed immigration rights activist Ravi Ragbir in D.C. for Trump’s State of the Union speech

BY DENIS SLATTERY

Updated: Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 8:45 PM

A day after being freed from federal custody, an immigration rights activist was in Washington on Tuesday to attend President Trump’s State of the Union.

Ravi Ragbir, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago who leads the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York, was released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention after more than two weeks in custody.

Ragbir and his wife, Amy Gottlieb, traveled to Washington after Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.) offered Gottlieb an invite to Trump’s address.

Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brooklyn) offered Ragbir an extra ticket on Tuesday after learning of his release so the couple could attend together. …

Ragbir, arrested on Jan. 11 after a routine check-in with federal officials, previously served 30 months in prison for wire fraud because of work he did for a crooked mortgage company.