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Kansas father, brought to US as infant, detained at job site and deported after 18 days

Sep 4, 2026·Location: Lawrence, KS

Country of origin: Mexico

Kansas father, brought to US as infant, detained at job site and deported after 18 days

Oscar Sanchez-Corona, who was brought to the United States at age 1 and attended Shawnee Mission schools, was detained by ICE agents on August 18 while pouring concrete at a construction site in Lawrence, Kansas. He was transferred through three facilities — Leavenworth's Midwest Regional Reception Center, Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, and Camp East Montana in Texas — before being deported to Juarez, Mexico, separating him from the two elementary school-aged children he shares custody of in Johnson County. His removal was carried out through reinstatement of a prior removal order tied to a teenage misdemeanor property-damage charge and probation violations; DHS also cited a 2013 deportation after he failed to comply with a voluntary departure order and later re-entered illegally, along with convictions for drug paraphernalia possession, criminal property damage, and driving without a license, and arrests for DUI and illegal entry. A family friend, Skylar Roush, described him as "a regular American guy" who lived a peaceful life as a worker and father, and his daughter drew a picture asking ICE not to take him away.

Timeline

Sep 4, 2026Deported to Juarez, Mexico, 18 days after his arrest
Aug 18, 2026Detained by ICE agents at a construction site in Lawrence, Kansas, while pouring concrete
Aug 18, 2026Transferred through Leavenworth's Midwest Regional Reception Center, Winn Correctional Center in Louisiana, and Camp East Montana in Texas
Mar 1, 2013Previously deported after failing to comply with a voluntary departure order, then re-entered the U.S. illegally
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