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Tucson Woman's Campaign to Get U.S. to Recognize Haitian Siblings

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By Mari Herreras

Tucson Weekly | March 17, 2010

One day in 1984, Jean Berrier Ciceron put his three young children and his pregnant wife on a plane from New York City to his home country of Haiti. He then severed all contact with his family. Nanette Longchamp first heard about the three siblings in 2003.

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Tags: Nanette Longchamp, citizenship, Haiti

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