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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Mathew Erpansizo

Republican Who Backs Trump's Immigration Crackdown Reportedly Begs for Relative Not To Be Deported

President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement faces scrutiny in Maine as Paul LePage wants officials to halt his son’s father-in-law’s deportation (Credit: Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

Former Maine governor Paul LePage, a Republican running for Congress on tougher immigration enforcement, urged federal officials to stop his son's father-in-law from being deported, as, according to him, the man lived legally in the United States.

The appeal follows LePage's support for the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, a focus of his House campaign.

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