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Therese Patricia Okoumou

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Therese Patricia Okoumou, commonly known as Patricia Okoumou, is a Republic of the Congo-born immigrant rights activist, most known for scaling the base of the Statue of Liberty in protest of children being separated from their parents at the Mexico-United States border in 2018.

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