"Maybe he thinks the best way to get to me is to get to the love of my life, which is my mother, " Holland said.

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"Soniaji is my mother, " Priyanka said.

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"I had time to put my hands on him and say, 'My dear, your mother is here with you, '" she said.

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"I am so happy today that my son is well, " Francine Fitzgerald, Hand's mother, said in a statement.

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The prominent immigration rights activist has routinely visited immigration offices on the behalf of others, "but this is the first time I have been here for my own mother", she said.

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"This is for my mother, who always stressed the importance of education, " O'Neal said.

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"The sad part is my mother had it for 30 years and she didn't know it, " Cheryl Myers said.

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