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U.S. citizen detained for 3 years says he 'lost everything' and hopes to rebuild

René López, who obtained U.S. citizenship as a minor through his naturalized mother, spent years proving that was the case after the government said that he wasn't a citizen.

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U.S. citizen detained for 3 years says he 'lost everything' and hopes to rebuild

René López, who obtained U.S. citizenship as a minor through his naturalized mother, spent years proving that was the case after the government said that he wasn't a citizen.

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American Citizen Detained for 3 Years Says He "Lost Everything" and Hopes to Rebuild It

René López says he still has nightmares about the three years he spent in detention by ICE. “It’s an experience that I don’t wish anyone,” Lopez said in an interview with Telemundo News from his home in Alexandria, Virginia. About a decade ago, immigration officials argued that the citizenship López obtained by being a minor through his naturalized mother was not valid. This put him on the path of deportation due to a previous conviction for dru…

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