Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Feds Free U.S. Citizen Held for 2 Months as an Illegal Immigrant


LOS ANGELES — A U.S. citizen who was held for two months in a southern California detention center says immigration officials refused to believe his birth certificate was real. The 25-year-old Jose Ledesma says he is happy to be free after facing possible deportation. He was released Monday after U.S. immigration attorneys asked a judge to dismiss the case. Ledesma says he was born in Madera County, California, and had twice provided government attorneys with a copy of his California birth certificate. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Drugstore