Since the beginning of human civilization lines have been drawn
Countries divided and walls built to keep foreigners out at the same time
People have always wanted to be on the move changing their stars and finding greener grass on the other side
With these two things in conflict
immigrants whether legal or illegal are always in danger of deportation
Whether the reasons for deportation are valid or not
Sometimes they can be just downright weird
Curious to hear why people have been kicked out of a country
Long Mike with was 25 and here are 25 bizarre reasons people have been deported
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in 2013 Kuwait did a major crackdown on their expatriate population by deporting any of them caught speeding
Not only that but driving without a license
Using their cars for paying passengers or jumping red light got them booted out of the country without a court order in
total they deported 1258 people for traffic violations
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British woman entering Sri. Lanka was immediately detained when authorities took offense to her tattoo with the picture of Buddha
She was arrested at their main airport and appeared before magistrate
Without saying what charges were being brought against her they ordered her deportation
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a man who wanted to tour the American South and play gigs with his guitar following in the footsteps of Johnny Cash and Elvis
Was detained at customs
aggressively questioned threatened with jail time and body searched
Eventually they didn't allow him to enter the United States for legal business reasons and sent him back to Europe
22
an Immigrant from Chile flew to Los Angeles to meet up with her long-distance boyfriend
But she never made it through customs
Flagged for multiple trips into the United States. She was thoroughly questioned and her wallet cell phone emails and photos were searched
Then they asked her if she had ever smoked weed
She said she had in Colorado once which was enough for them to detain her for 15 hours
But flying her back to chile
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while driving his 13 year old daughter to school Romulo Avelica-Gonzalez was pulled over by ice agents and arrested for being an
Undocumented immigrant, he would routinely take her to school before going to work at a restaurant
He'd been living in the United States for 25 years
20
José Gutiérrez Castañeda went to the courthouse to pay overdue fines for a few driving infractions
One of which was not having auto insurance when he arrived immigration authorities detained him, and he faced deportation
19
Qiaohua Zhang a young Chinese woman studying in Dublin was shopping in Belfast when she was detained and threatened with deportation
Her visa had expired
And she was trying to negotiate an extension before they threw her in jail
At the time of reporting her court hearings were still under way
18
Bongani Radebe, a South African native came to the United States to seek an education and went to Edmonds Community College in Seattle, Washington
When he invited a 17 year old girl to his dorm room. He asked if he could kiss her and she agreed
But later she accused him of sexual assault
Due to the accusation, Radebe was expelled, removed from his dorm, and deported back to South Africa.
17
at age 15 Jose Escobar immigrated legally to the United States from El Salvador with his mother
They were issued protective status
Years later when his mother made a paperwork error the protection lapsed and Escobar was ordered to be deported when he checked in with ice
16
Accused of voter fraud Margarita Fitzpatrick a grandmother living in Lawrence, Kansas was put on a plane to go back to Peru
She had been fighting court battles for ten years to drop the case against her
Admitting to casting two ballots fitzpatrick said she was misled at the time when she went to apply for US citizenship
She admitted to voting without citizenship and immigration officers worked to have her deported
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After returning from a five-month trip to Guatemala with her grandfather
four-year-old Emily Ruiz was detained at Dulles International Airport upon her return to the United States
Immigration officials stopped her grandfather from entering the country
Leaving Ruiz in a predicament because both her parents were illegal immigrants, but she is a US citizen
So she was deported back to Guatemala with her grandfather
Eventually she returned and reunited with her parents at Kennedy International Airport
14
a Mexican native who immigrated to the United States in 1998 was almost deported before his lawyer convinced ice agents to be lenient
They agreed and gave the man a driver's license social security number and a work permit
The man put down roots and worked for 20 years in the States
Part of the condition was that he had to check in with ice every year
When he checked in with ice they detained him and deported him due to Trump's new immigration policies
To make matters worse his wife voted for Trump thinking her husband was safe
13
When 22 year old Daniela vargas spoke about her fears of deportation and a news conference in Jackson
Mississippi the last thing she probably expected was to be detained almost immediately by ice
But that's exactly what happened
She came to the states when she was seven putting her under the protection of the deferred action of childhood arrivals
12
Originally from Honduras Nixon Arias worked landscaping in the United States for years before falling off his lawnmower and hurting his back
Getting workers compensation, He was about to get a procedure to help his chronic pain
However the insurance company discovered. He used a fake social security number and denied his claim
Soon after he was detained for insurance fraud and spent a year and a half in jail before being deported
11
Born Shin Song Hyuk, Adam casper came to the United States from Seoul at the age of three after he was abandoned by his parents
Raised in a couple of severely abusive foster homes. He didn't have the best childhood
Eventually he found his way got a full-time job and started to raise a family
However his foster parents never bothered to get him US citizenship
And eventually immigration authorities came for him at the time of reporting he was facing his first deportation hearing
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Betty Lopez was taken from her family in Texas when it was discovered she was in the country illegally
Despite being pregnant and her entire family being US citizens immigration authorities still detained and deported her back to Mexico
9
19 year-old Luis Alberto Delgado a US citizen was pulled over at a traffic stop
He carried his birth certificate social security card and Texas ID
It still wasn't enough to convince authorities he belongs in the u.s.
He was taken to the border patrol for further questioning and coerced into signing a document that waived his rights
after which they drove him to Matamoros Mexico and left him there.
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Skyrocketing to fame after her role in the James Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies, Michelle Yeoh later took on the role of the Myanmar
democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and got deported for it. when she flew into the city of Rangoon
She was stopped and sent back on the first flight available
7
Manel Fall of Senegal arrived in Pittsburgh from Paris with a fake passport
He first told authorities. He was named "Amadou Seck" and wanted tourist status
But after immigration services did background checks they found out he was lying and that his passport was fake
When they asked him in French what his real name was he said it is too early for me to tell you that
the man served time in jail for three months before being deported and
Authorities still don't understand why he lied about his identity
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British teenager Thomas strong ended up in hot water while on vacation in Turkey when he pulled his pants down in front of the Statue of
Mustafa Kemal Ataturk the founder of turkey's republic
While flashing the statue strong went on a tirade of abuse with a crowd of people around him he was eventually arrested
And taken to a hospital to be examined for mental health issues or intoxication
He was given a full bill of health the judge immediately banned the teenager from Turkey for five years and deported him
five
Three men from the United Arab Emirates were at the Jenadrivah Heritage & Culture Festival in Saudi Arabia when police officers
Arrested them for being too handsome
They were afraid female visitors would fall for them the three men were immediately deported back to Abu Dhabi
four
Fearing persecution for being gay in his home country of Morocco
Abdul Rahim case for asylum in the United Kingdom was rejected and he was facing deportation at the time of reporting
homosexuality in Morocco is punishable for up to three years in prison
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a Florida State University graduate was arrested and held an immigration facility when she went to pay a traffic violation ticket
Her father was seeking political asylum from Colombia, but he passed away and put her status in limbo
Detained the deportation process had begun for her while her family hired a lawyer to help her stay in the country
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British singer of the band Peter in the test-tube babies claims he was detained for six hours and deported for impersonating Donald Trump
He was sent back to London
customs officials denied the claim that it was for the impersonation, but rather because he didn't have a valid visa
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between 1838 and 1841 while only a mere teenager Edward Jones snuck into Buckingham Palace during Queen Victoria's reign
He figured out how to get into her private apartments and steal her knickers among many other creepy things
He was caught of course but to keep the royal family from embarrassment. They kept the trial a secret
Eventually they deported him back to Australia
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