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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 ...
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 ...
Viral story about grandpa secretly ‘deported’ to Guatemala by ICE, then found ‘dead’ is hoax: feds
This was a hoax peddled by the media who rushed to press without pausing to corroborate the facts with DHS. This was ...
Update: Family says Allentown grandfather in Guatemala after ICE arrest, but country says it has no records of him
Luis Leon is recovering from pneumonia in a Guatemala hospital, his granddaughter said Sunday. He does not plan to return to ...
DHS Denies 82-Year-Old Grandfather Was Deported After He Lost Green Card
The department says family accounts that Chilean national Luis Leon was deported from the U.S. to Guatemala are "completely ...
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Hoaxes about ICE ‘disappearing’ illegals are widespread, but disinformation injected into the news
The hoaxes exploit public sympathy, divert limited immigration enforcement resources, and fuel misinformation that undermines trust in federal authorities and in some cases, instigates violence ...
US immigration says it did not deport Chilean man living in Pennsylvania, refuting report
U.S. immigration authorities are denying reports that they detained or deported a Chilean man living in the United States on ...
Allentown grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he’s alive — in a hospital in Guatemala, they say
Relatives of 82-year-old Allentown resident Luis Leon are headed to a Guatemalan hospital Saturday in hopes of reuniting with the man they say disappeared without a trace into the American immigration ...
ICE Detained an Elderly Man and Told His Family He Died in Custody. They Just Found Out the Truth.
Luis Leon had been a U.S. resident for 38 years after surviving torture under the regime of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet ...
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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 ...