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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

ICE deported an Alabama man who claims US citizenship. DHS says it wasn’t a mistake and don’t want him back

A man living in Alabama who claims to have U.S. citizenship was deported to Laos despite a federal court order blocking his removal from the country.

But Homeland Security officials told The Independent “there was no mistake,” labeling him a “criminal illegal alien” who was stripped of his green card and merely sought a last-ditch “Hail Mary” attempt to claim citizenship after he had previously been ordered out of the country.

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