Newsweek: ICE Pushes to Deport Double Amputee in US Since Age 2 After Over 40 Years

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Rodney Taylor, 46, came to the United States from Liberia at age 2 for medical treatment after losing both legs. He was arrested by ICE in January and faces deportation after more than 40 years in the country. Although he received a state pardon in 2010 for a crime committed when he was 16, this pardon doesn’t apply under federal immigration law. Taylor, a father of seven and a barber, never obtained U.S. citizenship. A judge will soon decide his case, while his family fears he could die if deported to Liberia due to his medical condition.

CNN: What we know about the agreement for detained South Korean workers to return home

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Over 450 people were detained in a major federal raid at a Hyundai manufacturing plant in Georgia, marking the largest workplace sweep of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. More than 300 of those detained were South Korean nationals who worked at the facility’s electric vehicle and battery plant. The South Korean government arranged a chartered flight to bring them home through a “voluntary departure” agreement—a rare diplomatic response that immigration attorneys say is unprecedented. Many detainees had entered under the Visa Waiver Program, which allows 90-day stays for tourism or business but prohibits  work. The raid halted construction at the massive facility, which was expected to create 8,500 jobs. South Korea’s foreign minister offered to travel to Washington to resolve the matter, while protesters gathered demanding justice for the detained workers.