Seamus Culleton, originally from Glenmore, Co Kilkenny, with his wife, US citizen Tiffany Smyth
Seamus Culleton, the Irishman living in the United States who is being detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) service, entered the US in 2009 as a tourist, according to a court ruling in Texas, where he is being held.
Culleton, who is married to a US citizen, has a work permit and was applying for a marriage-based green card, was unsuccessful in an application brought before the district court in El Paso aimed at securing his release.
In her ruling on January 23rd, Judge Kathleen Cardone noted that Culleton had entered the US under a visa waiver programme that allowed visits of not more than 90 days.
Under the programme beneficiaries “waive any right ...
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