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   Brian Marick (marick@mstdn.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jul-2025 09:34:14 JST Brian Marick

   82-year old Chilean, granted permanent legal residency (political asylum) by the US in 1987.

   Lost his “green card”. While getting it replaced, ICE snatched him. Family couldn’t find out where he was, thought he was dead. Then they were told he was dead (anonymously? - unclear)

   Instead, he had been deported. Not to Chile. To Guatemala. He’s now in a hospital there.

   His fate depends on the whims of the people who sent him, people immune to the law.

   https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-deported-grandpa-green-card-b2792290.html

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     Jennifer Ekstrand (bugsnbuns@jawns.club)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jul-2025 12:37:39 JST Jennifer Ekstrand

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     • Paul Cantrell

     @marick @inthehands On BlueSky, I’m seeing some indications this one may be a hoax.
     https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3lujh3ra3k222

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     Michael Busch (michael_w_busch@mastodon.online)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Jul-2025 13:34:23 JST Michael Busch

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     • Paul Cantrell
     • Jennifer Ekstrand

     @bugsnbuns @marick @inthehands

     Reporting from the Chilean outlet Canal 13 suggests that Luis León may have changed his name or been using the identity of another man, who died in Chile in 2021.

     Which confounds reporting of what actually happened in this case.

     "Vuelco en el extraño caso de chileno deportado por Estados Unidos: Familia habría entregado un nombre falso"

     https://www.13.cl/programas/la-tarde-es-nuestra/momentos/vuelco-en-el-extrano-caso-de-chileno-deportado-por-estados