Overview

• Leonel Moreno, a Venezuelan national, was ordered deported by an Ohio-based immigration judge on September 9, 2024.
• Moreno went viral earlier this year for encouraging illegal migrants to squat in abandoned U.S. homes and boasting about receiving government handouts.
• He was arrested in March for failing to comply with ICE check-ins after crossing the border illegally in April 2022.
• Deportation complications arise as Venezuela has halted acceptance of deportation flights from the U.S. in retaliation for economic sanctions.
• Moreno remains in custody in Ohio and claims he is being persecuted, while also under investigation for federal gun charges.