{"id":302577,"date":"2026-02-17T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/302577\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T13:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T13:35:08","slug":"temporary-pause-on-deportation-for-seamus-culleton-irishman-detained-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/302577\/","title":{"rendered":"Temporary pause on deportation for Seamus Culleton, Irishman detained in US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Irishman Seamus Culleton will not be deported to Ireland on Tuesday, after a court in the United States issued a temporary order halting his removal.<\/p>\n

This comes after it was expected that the Kilkenny man would arrive at Dublin Airport on Tuesday, reports the Irish Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Culleton, who has been held by ICE officials in the US, told the media last week that he had been held in a detention centre in Texas since last September, which he likened to a “concentration camp”.<\/p>\n

The Kilkenny man\u00a0was arrested in Boston in September last year, even though he had been in the US for 20 years and is married to a US citizen.<\/p>\n

Niall O’Dowd with The Irish Times said that, even before the Trump immigration crackdown, Culleton very likely would not have obtained his green card because he had overstayed his 90-day visa.<\/p>\n

“What is happening in practice is that the 90-day overstay visa cases \u2013 which is the one most undocumented Irish entered under \u2013 are being decided against the immigrant,” O’Dowd said.<\/p>\n

“The draconian new laws seem to be part of the Trump administration\u2019s policy to make conditions so arduous that inmates will pledge never to come back to the US.<\/p>\n

“It is no surprise that the Texas judiciary, which is among the harshest in the USA, is handling much of the immigration issue.”<\/p>\n

O’Dowd said it seems there will be few limits on steps taken to stop immigrants getting their green cards, even those showing up for their last interview with final signing-off papers clutched in their hand.<\/p>\n

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