Rodney Taylor, 46, faces possible deportation after living in the US since age 2, despite a state pardon for a decades-old conviction.
Rodney Taylor, 46, who came to the United States from Liberia at age 2 for medical treatment, is facing deportation after more than four decades in the country.
ICE arrested Taylor in January, days before former President Donald Trump began his second term, and he remains detained at Stewart Detention Center in Georgia, according to Newsweek.
Taylor, a double amputee and father of seven, was arrested despite a state pardon for a burglary conviction when he was 16. “I thought I had a pardon from the state. It was all behind me,” Taylor told Fox 5 from detention. His attorney argues ICE has the discretion to release him.
Taylor has never returned to Liberia and fears he will die if deported due to limited medical care. A judge is expected to decide his fate by next month.