Haitian immigrant stripped of U.S. citizenship is man without a country
Saturday, December 9, 2006
MIAMI - Lionel Jean-Baptiste waits on a bench at a federal detention center with his legs outstretched, the last three digits of his detainee number scrawled on the toes of his slip-on shoes.
His orange uniform further identifies him as the responsibility of U.S. immigration officials. They want to deport the former Miami restaurant owner convicted of federal drug trafficking charges after he became an American citizen, but are having trouble finding a place to send him because he is, in effect, a man without a country.
An immigration judge revoked his citizenship and ordered him deported in September ? the first time since 1962 that the U.S. government ordered a naturalized citizen deported after a drug conviction. But this is only the latest example of applying toughter standards on immigrants following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Saturday, December 9, 2006
MIAMI - Lionel Jean-Baptiste waits on a bench at a federal detention center with his legs outstretched, the last three digits of his detainee number scrawled on the toes of his slip-on shoes.
His orange uniform further identifies him as the responsibility of U.S. immigration officials. They want to deport the former Miami restaurant owner convicted of federal drug trafficking charges after he became an American citizen, but are having trouble finding a place to send him because he is, in effect, a man without a country.
An immigration judge revoked his citizenship and ordered him deported in September ? the first time since 1962 that the U.S. government ordered a naturalized citizen deported after a drug conviction. But this is only the latest example of applying toughter standards on immigrants following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
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