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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 ...

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 ...

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 man gets prison sentence for sexually assaulting two girls at motel, DA says

Joshua Martel, 32, of Allentown will spend up to 50 years in prison for sexually assaulting two girls last year at a motel, ...
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Trump Administration Deports 82-Year-Old Pennsylvania Grandfather to Guatemala

On June 20, 82-year-old Luis Leon, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to ...
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80-Year-Old Asylum Recipient and Torture Survivor Secretly Deported After Trying To Replace His Green Card: Report

An 82-year-old legal U.S. resident and torture survivor was deported to Guatemala after visiting an immigration office in ...

Allentown grandfather Luis Leon, who ended up in Guatemala after ICE arrest, is recovering from pneumonia, family says. He plans to return to Chile

Allentown grandfather Luis Leon is recovering from pneumonia in a Guatemala hospital, weeks after he was taken in handcuffs from a Philadelphia immigration office and driven two days by bus to a ...