An Immigration Attorney And Naturalized U.S. Citizen Was Ordered to Self-Deport: DHS Says It Was a 'Glitch'

Carlos Trujillo, an immigration attorney in Utah, has been a naturalized U.S. citizen for nearly a decade (Credit: Via Utah News Dispatch)

For more than a decade, Carlos Trujillo, a Venezuelan-born attorney, has practiced immigration law in Salt Lake City, Utah, serving the local community. Trujillo moved to the United States at age 18 and later became a naturalized U.S. citizen. Despite that, he recently received an email from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ordering him to self-deport within seven days.

"It's time for you to leave," read the opening line of the email, sent to Trujillo on April 11.