Crime & Justice

The U.S. Won’t Let Him in—Even Though His Documents Say He’s American

Pandemic Purgatory
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Under a controversial Trump administration COVID order that Joe Biden has left in place, Óscar Luis Cortes García is stuck in limbo.

Felipe De La Hoz

Last June, federal agents confiscated a self-proclaimed U.S. citizen’s paperwork and expelled him to Mexico under a controversial CDC order ostensibly meant to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, The Daily Beast has learned.

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Felipe De La Hoz

Felipe De La Hoz

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