"Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card | US immigration | The Guardian"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/ice-secretly-deported-grandfather
"Luis Leon – who was granted political asylum in the US in 1987 after being tortured under the regime of the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet – lost his wallet containing the physical card that confirmed his legal residency. So he and wife booked an appointment to get it replaced.
When he arrived at the office on 20 June, however, he was handcuffed by two Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers, who led him away from his wife without explanation, she said. She herself was kept in the building for 10 hours until relatives picked her up.
The family said they made efforts to find any information on his whereabouts but learned nothing.
Then, sometime after Leon was detained, a woman purporting to be an immigration lawyer called the family, claiming she could help – but did not disclose how she knew about the case, or where Leon was.
On 9 July, according to Leon’s granddaughter, the same woman called them again, claiming Leon had died.
A week later, however, they discovered from a relative in Chile that Leon was alive after all – but now in a hospital in Guatemala, a country to which he has no connection."
~ Michael Sainato
"Ice secretly deported Pennsylvania grandfather, 82, after he lost green card | US immigration | The Guardian"
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/20/ice-secretly-deported-grandfather
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