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In early May, David, an immigrant from Nigeria, made the decision to self-deport using CBP Home, a mobile app that the Department of Homeland Security has branded as a way for undocumented people to leave the U.S. on their own accord — “instead of facing ICE enforcement actions, detention, and removal.”
Born in Nigeria, David has been in the U.S. since 2015. He arrived on a travel visa and, after it expired a year later, has remained in this country without legal documentation while applying to obtain a marriage-based green card. He has been married to Nicole, a U.S. citizen, and has three U.S. citizen children and grandchildren. (The couple asked 285 South to use pseudonyms to protect their privacy.)
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