US EditionGuatemala denies that Chilean green-card holder was deported from the United States
GUATEMALA, JUL 21 – Luis Leon, 82, a legal U.S. resident and torture survivor, was deported to Guatemala after a green card appointment and is now hospitalized with pneumonia, amid unclear circumstances and ongoing ICE investigation.
- On June 20, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained Allentown asylum seeker Luis Leon at a Philadelphia immigration office to replace his lost green card, handcuffing him without explanation, family members say.
- Since taking office, President Donald Trump has pursued a hyper-aggressive deportation scheme, while the Supreme Court enabled broader authority for deportations to non-native countries.
- Family members learned they had been misled when on July 9 Leon’s wife received a false death notice.
- Guatemalan Migration Institute said no one matched Leon’s name or citizenship in its records, while an official with ICE said the agency is investigating the case but offered no details.
- Relatives of Luis Leon headed to a Guatemalan hospital Saturday to reunite, and Nataly, his granddaughter, plans to amplify his experience to highlight his treatment by the immigration system.
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Guatemala City, 21 Jul (EFE).- The Government of Guatemala ruled this Monday that a Chilean migrant allegedly deported from the United States is in the Central American country. Through its official channels, the Government chaired by Bernardo Arévalo de León pointed out that the alleged migrant of Chilean nationality has not been deported to Guatemala, as some international media pointed out. According to the Guatemalan Institute of Migration, …
Guatemala denies Chilean green-card holder was deported from US
(The Hill) - The Guatemalan government says it has no records that an 82-year-old Chilean man was deported to the Central American country, contrary to claims from his family in Pennsylvania. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa., reported that Luis Leon, who is a legal permanent resident of the U.S., told his family that he was hospitalized with pneumonia in Guatemala after he was arrested at a Philadelphia immigration office while trying to repla…
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The immigration agency lied to Luis León's family, claiming that the man had died, but was found in a hospital in Guatemala
The 82-year-old granddaughter of Luis León told a local U.S. newspaper that her grandfather has no plans to return to the U.S. soon and expects his wife to meet him as soon as possible.
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