Luis Leon, an 82-year-old Chilean immigrant, was detained by ICE while attempting to replace a lost green card at an immigration office in Philadelphia. His wife was also detained for ten hours without clear information on her husband's situation. Initially faced with worrying reports of his death, it was later revealed he was in a Guatemalan hospital after being transferred from a Minnesota detention center. Leon had fled Chile in 1987 to escape the Pinochet regime, and his family remains concerned about the impacts of aggressive deportation policies under the Trump administration.
Luis Leon, an 82-year-old man who immigrated from Chile, was detained by ICE while attempting to replace his lost green card, and his family faced confusion over his whereabouts.
After being detained, Leon's family received alarming misinformation about his death, only to find out he was in a hospital in Guatemala under unclear circumstances.
Luis Leon had lived in the U.S. since 1987 when he fled the Pinochet regime in Chile, raising a family and enjoying retirement.
President Trump's administration has been associated with aggressive deportation practices, sending immigrants to countries they are not from, raising concerns about errors in detention.
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