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Alicia Civita

ICE Moves to Deport Former Mayor Who Admitted Voting Illegally for Trump

A former Kansas mayor who said he voted for Donald Trump despite not being a U.S. citizen is now in ICE custody, turning a small-town illegal voting case into a national immigration story with a sharp political twist.

Joe Ceballos, the former mayor of Coldwater, Kansas, was detained Wednesday, May 13, after reporting to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Wichita. Ceballos, 55, was born in Mexico, brought to the United States by his family when he was 4 and is a legal permanent resident, but not a U.S. citizen.

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