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He was then arrested and held in a cell with several other immigrants before being flown to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Buffalo, New York, where he was asked to sign papers agreeing to his deportation. Culleton said he refused and checked a box indicating he was contesting his deportation on the grounds that his wife is a U.S. citizen and he has a valid work permit, thanks to his pending application for permanent resident status filed last April.

But from there he was taken to another ICE detention center in El Paso, Texas. Culleton said conditions there were “like a concentration camp, absolute hell”, in a telephone interview with Irish weather, because he shares a large, cold, damp room with more than 70 men. Meals are small, child-sized portions served in the center of the room, and inmates often fight over food.

Culleton said he only left the room for fresh air and exercise fewer than 12 times during his nearly five months in custody, and was stuck lying on a bed most of the time. His wife posted $4,000 bail for his release in November, but nothing happened and days later they found out Culleton’s bail had been denied, unlike what had happened. most other cases.