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U.S. Citizen Faces Fourth Deportation Threat After 26 Years of Immigration Errors

Jun 26, 2025 · Stockton, CA

U.S. CitizenDeportationOfficer MisconductState/Local CollusionCalifornia
U.S. Citizen Faces Fourth Deportation Threat After 26 Years of Immigration Errors

Miguel Silvestre, born in Stockton, California, claims he has been deported four times since 1999, despite possessing a valid birth certificate proving his U.S. citizenship. ICE issued an expedited removal order against him in 2025, the same year a prior removal order from 2004 had already confirmed his citizenship status. DHS stated Silvestre has no active immigration case, though the San Francisco Chronicle reported his account of the recent deportation notice and his emotional distress upon learning of it.

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