US immigration says it did not deport Chilean man living in Pennsylvania, refuting report

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. migration authorities connected Monday denied reports that they detained oregon deported a Chilean antheral surviving successful the state connected a greenish card.

The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported that Luis Leon, 82, ended up successful Guatemala aft being handcuffed successful a Philadelphia immigration office, wherever helium went to regenerate his mislaid greenish paper June 20. The report, which said helium won asylum successful 1987, relied connected household accounts.

The Morning Call reported Sunday that Leon was recovering from pneumonia successful Guatemala and did not program to instrumentality to the United States, according to his granddaughter. A telephone connection near Monday astatine a fig linked to the granddaughter was not returned.

The Department of Homeland Security said it had nary grounds of Leon appearing for an assignment successful oregon adjacent Philadelphia June 20 and said helium legally entered the U.S. successful 2015 arsenic a visitor. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman, Jason Koontz, said the bureau didn't deport Leon anywhere.

The Guatemalan Migration Institute said successful a connection Sunday that it coordinates with ICE connected each deportations from the United States and that no 1 matched Leon’s name, property oregon citizenship.