POLITICSJun 3 · 18:04 UTCGUARDIAN USVictoria Bouloubasis

Dead but deportable: US immigration judge signed order to eject teen murder victim

An immigration judge in Charlotte, North Carolina, ordered the deportation of Levi Mendez-Maldonado, a teen who was murdered in 2024, citing his failure to appear in court. Mendez-Maldonado, originally from Honduras, arrived in the U.S. as an unaccompanied minor at age 17.

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