Homeland security denies reports that Ice ‘secretly deported’ Pennsylvania grandfather

The department said in a statement that Ice never arrested or deported Luis Leon to Guatemala, and that the reports were a hoax'

Confusion swirled around the fate of a Chilean resident of the US after the Department of Homeland Security called reports of his deportation to Guatemala a hoax".

On 18 July, the Morning Call newspaper of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported that the family of the man, Luis Leon, said he was handcuffed after showing up at to immigration office on 20 June to report a lost green card. They said he was first sent to a detention facility in Minnesota, then to Guatemala, where they said a Chilean relative informed them he was in a hospital.