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An Allentown grandfather’s reported deportation went viral. Then discrepancies emerged. Here’s what we know.
Discrepancies emerge in the Leon family's account, as no one is able to corroborate their story. Federal immigration ...
ICE says Allentown grandfather Luis Leon was never taken into custody, calls family’s story a ‘hoax’
Homeland Security and ICE said Luis Leon of Allentown was not taken into custody at a Philadelphia immigration office nor deported to Guatemala, calling his family’s story a ...
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Guatemala denies Allentown grandfather was deported from the United States (UPDATE)
Call reports an 82-year-old legal permanent resident of the United States ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a ...
US immigration says it did not deport Chilean man living in Pennsylvania, refuting report
U.S. immigration authorities are denying reports that they detained or deported a Chilean man living in the United States on ...
Update: Family says Allentown grandfather in Guatemala after ICE arrest, but country says it has no records of him
Luis Leon is recovering from pneumonia in a Guatemala hospital, his granddaughter said Sunday. He does not plan to return to the U.S. after being taken into ICE custody last month.
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Who is Luis Leon? Dictatorship survivor loses green card, then gets secretly deported from US
Luis Leon, an 82-year-old longtime Pennsylvania resident, was quietly deported to Guatemala - a country he has no ties to.
ICE Detained an Elderly Man and Told His Family He Died in Custody. They Just Found Out the Truth.
Luis Leon had been a U.S. resident for thirty eight years after surviving torture under the regime of Chilean dictator ...
Allentown grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he’s alive — in a hospital in Guatemala, they say
Relatives of 82-year-old Allentown resident Luis Leon are headed to a Guatemalan hospital Saturday in hopes of reuniting with the man they say disappeared without a trace into the American immigration ...