Houston native wrongly deported for 85 days [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Houston Chronicle

Houston native wrongly deported for 85 days
Immigration attorney says his client 'is not an anchor baby'
By SUSAN CARROLL
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Sept. 13, 2010, 11:40PM

Nearly three months after U.S. immigration officials dumped Luis Alberto Delgado in Mexico despite his insistence that he is a U.S. citizen, the 19-year-old was permitted to re-enter the country last weekend with the U.S. government's blessing.

Delgado said U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents cleared him to return to the United States on Friday, roughly 85 days after he was detained by immigration officials and pressured to sign papers that cleared the way for his removal to Mexico.

Steven Cribby, a spokesman for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, declined to comment on Delgado's case.

On Monday in Houston, Delgado said he was pondering a lawsuit against the U.S. government, calling his case "an injustice."


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