ICE deported a man who claims US citizenship after federal judge blocked his removal
ICE deported a man who claims US citizenship after federal judge blocked his removal
ICE deported a man who claims US citizenship after federal judge blocked his removal
A federal judge had blocked ICE from deporting Chanthila Souvannarath, warning ‘inherent and obvious harm’ in deporting a citizen
Chanthila Souvannarath, 44, was born in a Thai refugee camp but has lived in the United States since he was an infant. He gained citizenship as a child when his father was naturalized, making him eligible for derivative citizenship under immigration law at the time, according to his attorneys.
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On October 23, a federal judge blocked ICE from deporting him while he challenged his arrest and detention, but he was put on a plane for Laos the next day.