A national outcry over the alleged secret deportation and death of an elderly man from Allentown has been debunked, the Department of Homeland Security announced on Monday, July 21. Luis Leon, an ...

Federal immigration authorities say a story about an 82-year-old Chilean national being arrested in Philadelphia and deported to Guatemala after trying to replace his lost green card is a “hoax.” The ...

Luis Leon had been a U.S. resident for 38 years after surviving torture under the regime of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet ...

U.S. immigration authorities are denying reports that they detained or deported a Chilean man living in the United States on a green card.

"This was a hoax peddled by the media who rushed to press without pausing to corroborate the facts with DHS. This was journalistic malpractice," the DHS said.

On June 20, 82-year-old Luis Leon, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, went to a Philadelphia immigration office with his wife to replace his lost green card.

The Guatemalan government is denying reports that a U.S. authorities deported a Chilean man to the Central American country.

U.S. immigration authorities on Monday denied reports that they detained or deported a Chilean man living in the country on a green card. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported that ...

The Morning Call of Allentown reported that Luis Leon, 82, ended up in Guatemala after being handcuffed in a Philadelphia immigration office, where he went to replace his lost green card June 20.