US EditionIrish Man Detained by ICE Despite Valid Work Permit and Pending Green Card
Seamus Culleton, detained for five months in harsh ICE conditions, holds a valid work permit with a green card application pending, while family and Irish officials seek his release.
- On September 9th, 2025, Seamus Culleton, an Irish immigrant with a valid work permit from a marriage‑based green card application filed in April 2025, was arrested and held in El Paso ICE detention centre for nearly five months.
- Pulled over after finishing work, Culleton says a car followed him before ICE agents stopped and handcuffed him, removing him from his van, then flew him to Buffalo, New York ICE facility where he refused to sign deportation papers.
- Seamus Culleton says the El Paso site is filthy with limited sanitation, child-size meals that leave detainees hungry, frequent illness, and fights over food.
- Culleton's lawyer Ogor Winnie Okoye appealed after ICE agents said he signed deportation papers, which he disputes, while a judge noted irregularities but sided with the agency.
- Family appeals and failed outreach to senators and the president have prompted diplomatic pleas, as Culleton asked Taoiseach Micheál Martin to raise his case with President Donald Trump at a White House meeting next month.
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