DHS told her to leave the country. She’s a citizen — and an immigration attorney

Mistakes will be made?   The Supreme Court last week addressed the case of the “mistaken” removal of a noncitizen to El Salvador.

Here is another mistake by immigration authorities.  This story (“DHS told her to leave the country. She’s a citizen — and an immigration attorney‘) about Massachusetts immigration attorney Nicole Micheroni received an email from the U.S. government telling her to leave the country.  She is a U.S. citizen born in Massachusetts.

The article quotes Micheroni:  “At first I thought it was for a client, but I looked really closely and the only name on the email was mine,” . . . . “So it said my parole status had been terminated and I should leave the country within seven days.”

“I think it’s really scary this is going on,” said Micheroni. “I think it says they’re not being careful.”

A Department of Homeland Security official told NBC10 Boston that Customs and Border Protection is issuing notices terminating parole for individuals who do not have lawful status to remain.  “CBP used the known email addresses of the alien to send notifications. If a non-personal email-such as an American citizen contact-was provided by the alien, notices may have been sent to unintended recipients. CBP is monitoring communications and will address any issues on a case-by-case basis.”

KJ