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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Irish man with valid us work permit held in ice detention for five months - Caught on Camera

Seamus Culleton with his wife at an American football game
Seamus Culleton with his wife, Tiffany Smyth, a US citizen. Photograph: Irish Times

An Irish man has spent five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record.

Seamus Culleton was a “model immigrant” who had become the victim of a capricious and inept system, said his lawyer, Ogor Winnie Okoye.

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