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ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a husband and father of four from Sturgis, Mississippi, at a citizenship hearing in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 15, 2025. Earlier this year, he thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen, but now he and his wife, Savannah Eriksen, fear the government could deport him back to Denmark. Photo courtesy Savannah Eriksen

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ICE arrested Kasper Eriksen, a husband and father from Sturgis, Mississippi, at his citizenship hearing. The man who, earlier this year, thought he was on the verge of becoming a citizen now fears deportation while waiting for news in a Louisiana detention facility.

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