U.S. Citizens Caught Up In Immigration Sweeps

Los Angeles Times:
Rennison Vern Castillo thought his legal troubles were nearly over at the end of a jail stay for harassing his ex-girlfriend. But then a U.S. immigration hold order blocked his release.

"They think you're here illegally," a jailhouse guard said to him.

Castillo, mystified, insisted it was all a mistake. Though born in Belize, he had come of age in South-Central Los Angeles, spoke fluent English, served a stint in the Army and had become an American citizen about seven years earlier.
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