In more immigration news, a father from Laos has been deported despite a federal court order blocking his removal to a country he’s never been to in his life. Chanthila “Shawn” Souvannarath lived in Alabama; his wife and two children are in the U.S. According to court filings, he was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and was granted lawful permanent residence in the U.S. before he turned 1 year old. He was detained by ICE in June in front of his two younger children during an annual immigration check-in, according to his wife. Souvannarath’s father is a naturalized U.S. citizen, which would allow him to claim citizenship, as well. In a letter from detention, Souvannarath wrote, “I continuously lived in the United States since infancy, and I have always considered myself an American citizen.”