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An Allentown grandfather’s reported deportation went viral. Then discrepancies emerged. Here’s what we know.
Discrepancies emerge in the Leon family's account, as no one is able to corroborate their story. Federal immigration ...
ICE says Allentown grandfather Luis Leon was never taken into custody, calls family’s story a ‘hoax’
Homeland Security and ICE said Luis Leon of Allentown was not taken into custody at a Philadelphia immigration office nor deported to Guatemala, calling his family’s story a ...
U.S. immigration says it didn’t deport 82-year-old Pa. man
The Morning Call of Allentown reported that Luis Leon, 82, ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a Philadelphia ...
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ICE Rejects Deporting 82-Year-Old Torture Survivor In Pennsylvania, Calls Family Claim a 'Hoax'
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have denied detaining and deporting an 82-year-old torture survivor from ...
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DHS sets the record straight, as media fell for another hoax designed to demonize law enforcement
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) set the record straight on misleading and false reporting that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) “secretly deported” a so-called ...
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Trump Administration Deports 82-Year-Old Pennsylvania Grandfather to Guatemala
On June 20, 82-year-old Luis Leon, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to ...
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80-Year-Old Asylum Recipient and Torture Survivor Secretly Deported After Trying To Replace His Green Card: Report
An 82-year-old legal U.S. resident and torture survivor was deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office in ...
Allentown grandfather Luis Leon, who ended up in Guatemala after ICE arrest, is recovering from pneumonia, family says. He plans to return to Chile
Allentown grandfather Luis Leon is recovering from pneumonia in a Guatemala hospital, weeks after he was taken in handcuffs from a Philadelphia immigration office and driven two days by bus to a ...