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82-Year-Old Asylum Recipient Hospitalized in Guatemala After Secret ICE Deportation

ICE has opened a limited inquiry into his transfer despite providing scant details to his family.

Luis Leon’s family say he disappeared without a trace after visiting an immigration office and that at one point, someone called to say he had died even though he was later found alive.
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Overview

  • He was handcuffed at a Philadelphia USCIS office on June 20 as he sought to replace his lost green card.
  • His family received a false death notification on July 9 and was unable to secure information on his whereabouts.
  • After a stint in a Minnesota detention center, Leon was secretly deported to Guatemala in early July.
  • Leon remains in a Guatemala City hospital with diabetes and high blood pressure, and his condition is unclear.
  • His removal exemplifies a Trump administration policy, backed by a June Supreme Court decision, to deport immigrants to countries unrelated to their origin.