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LOS ANGELES — A U.S. citizen who was held for two months in a Southern California detention center said immigration officials refused to believe his birth certificate was real.
The 25-year-old Jose Ledesma said he’s happy to be free after facing possible deportation. He was released Monday after U.S. immigration attorneys asked a judge to dismiss the case.
Ledesma said he was born in Madera County, Calif., and had twice provided government attorneys with a copy of his California birth certificate. The government said he provided conflicting information on whether he was a U.S. citizen or a Mexican citizen in the U.S. illegally.
