Overview

• Relatives learned this week that Luis Leon, 82, has been treated in a Guatemala City hospital following his unexplained removal from U.S. custody
• ICE has confirmed an internal investigation into Leon’s case but declined to share any details about his deportation or current condition
• Leon, who fled Chile’s Pinochet regime and was granted asylum in 1987, was arrested at a Philadelphia USCIS office while seeking a replacement green card
• On July 9, Leon’s wife received and later disproved a false notification that her husband had died in ICE custody
• Advocates warn that administrative errors in the Trump administration’s deportation policies and lack of transparency are endangering longtime U.S. residents