An Irishman living in the United States for more than 20 years who has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) since last September has described the experience as “a torture” in a new interview.
“I don’t know how much more I can take,” Seamus Culleton said, calling for Taoiseach Micheál Martin to raise his case with US president Donald Trump during his forthcoming visit.
Originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, he is married to a US citizen and owns a plastering business in the Boston area. He was arrested on September 9th, 2025, and has been in an Ice detention facility in Texas for nearly five months, despite having no criminal record, “not even a parking ticket”.
His case was reported by The Irish Times on Monday morni
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