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Immigration

U.S. Citizen Trapped in Florida’s Immigration Nightmare

A U.S. citizen was arrested and has been trapped in a Florida detention center. Thursday, a judge, after seeing his birth certificate shown as evidence, said there’s no reason he should be detained. ICE not releasing him.

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was detained by Florida Highway Patrol and charged under a state immigration law. Cenk Uygur, Brian Unger and Sharon Reed discuss on TYT.

“A U.S.-born American citizen was being detained at the request of immigration authorities Thursday despite an advocate showing his U.S. birth certificate in court and a county judge finding no reason for him to be considered an “illegal alien” who illegally entered Florida.”

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The Young Turks, Cenk Uyger and Ana Kasparian are hosts on the progressive news channel, TYT. They host the main news show weekday evenings on YouTube, Twitch TV, Pluto TV, and on the website, TYT.com.

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