US EditionU.S. Immigration Says It Didn’t Deport 82-Year-Old Pa. Man
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, JUL 22 – ICE and DHS officials call the family's story a hoax amid an 830% rise in assaults on ICE agents and confirm no record of detention or deportation of Luis Leon.
- Federal authorities on Monday dismissed the claim that ICE detained or deported Luis Leon, calling it a `hoax` and noting it occurred on Monday.
- Sunday's report from The Morning Call claimed Leon was taken by ICE during a Philadelphia green card appointment, and the family said he was deported to Guatemala.
- Investigations revealed a Chilean reporter found the real Luis Leon died years ago, while ICE reported no record of his June 20 appointment in Philadelphia.
- Guatemalan officials stated no one matching Leon’s name entered their country, while Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin called the story a ‘hoax’ including an 830% increase in assaults on ICE agents.
- The wave of reporting from The Guardian and others underscored international media’s role in highlighting challenges in covering immigration removals and the risks of misinformation.
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The Legend of Luis Leon: The Media Embraces Another Anti-Ice Hoax
“When the legend becomes fact…print the legend.” Those words from an editor to a young reporter in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” still appear to be the modus operandi of the media. That was demonstrated this week with the legend of Luis Leon after The Morning Call in Allentown, PA, printed yet another harrowing…
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union-bulletin.comAn Allentown grandfather's reported deportation went viral. Then discrepancies emerged
Federal immigration authorities say a story about an 82-year-old Chilean national being arrested in Philadelphia and deported to Guatemala after trying to replace his lost green card is a "hoax."
An Allentown grandfather’s reported deportation went viral. Then discrepancies emerged.
Discrepancies emerge in the Leon family's account, as no one is able to corroborate their story. Federal immigration authorities are calling the Morning Call story a hoax.
U.S. immigration says it didn’t deport 82-year-old Pa. man
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. immigration authorities on Monday denied reports that they detained or deported a Chilean man living in the country on a green card.The Morning Call of Allentown reported that Luis Leon, 82, ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a Philadelphia immigration office, where he went to replace his lost green card June 20.
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