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Canadian citizen deported to Canada after 9 months in ICE detention

Aug 26, 2026·Location: Ojai, CA

Country of origin: Canada

Canadian citizen deported to Canada after 9 months in ICE detention
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Clayton Herman, a Winnipeg-born Canadian citizen who had lived in Ojai, California, was taken into ICE custody in October 2025 after being accused of violating supervision conditions based on readings from a monitoring device he described as "glitchy." He had entered the U.S. legally two decades earlier but overstayed his visa, and had been reporting regularly to ICE since 2022 while his case moved through immigration court. Released in mid-June, he was detained again on July 21 during a routine check-in at an ICE office and held at the Adelanto, California facility run by the GEO Group until he was deported to Canada on Aug. 26, describing poor food, moldy walls and inadequate medical care during his time in custody.

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