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US-born man held by ICE despite showing birth certificate in court has been released

An American citizen who was held in jail on suspicion of being an "unauthorized alien" has been freed. The backstory Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was born in Grady County, Georgia but was arrested on April ...
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U.S. citizen released from jail after arrest under Florida’s new anti-immigration law

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez hugs his mom at a Wendy’s in Leon County following his release from jail on April 17, 2025. (Photo by Jackie Llanos/Florida Phoenix) Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez held his mother in ...
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U.S.-born man held for ICE under Florida’s new anti-immigration law

Sebastiana Gomez-Perez sits at a table in the cafeteria in the Leon County Courthouse, weeping after finding out that her son could be picked up by immigration officials despite being a U.S. citizen. ...
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Mid-commute traffic stop left US citizen detained under an ICE order. Then, a Florida judge verified his US birth certificate

US citizen Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released from a Florida jail following an ICE hold. - Courtesy Sebastiana Pérez A US-born man charged this week with being an “unauthorized alien” in ...
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Feds blame U.S. citizen for his arrest under suspended immigration law

Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez sits at a Wendy’s on April 17, 2025, near the Leon County jail, where he was held for more than 24 hours. (Photo by Jackie Llanos/Florida Phoenix) The federal government is ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

U.S. citizen and Georgia native blames racism for detainment

CAIRO, Ga. — Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez was born in Cairo, Georgia, but is no stranger to Florida. The 20-year-old, like his mother before him, often crossed the Georgia-Florida state line for ...