>Just found out about a friend of mine being deported from the USA.
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>Interesting account of it here
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>http://www.aboodishabi.com/
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>Aboodi is also blessed (or not) with a birthday of Sept 11th.

I still don't understand the need to keep him 24 hours. If he is a persona non grata, why wasn't he sent home on the next flight? Just like it's done everywhere else on land crossings.