Culleton Case Hikes Fear Among Undocumented Irish in US

Irish illegal migrants urged to steer clear of US St Patrick's Day celebrations amid fears of Ice crackdown

Undocumented Irish migrants in the US have been told to steer clear of St Patrick's Day celebrations amid fears of an immigration crackdown.Irish-American lawyers and politicians have issued the warning after a second Irishman detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) found his case challenged last week in the courts.Focus has increased on Irish detainees after Seamus Culleton described the conditions of the camp he was in as "like a…

Culleton case hikes fear among undocumented Irish in US

The case of Kilkenny man Seamus Culleton has raised worries and several questions this week about what a changing United States means for not only the 'undocumented Irish' but also for their loved ones on both sides of the Atlantic.

Over €20,000 raised to help release Irish man detained by ICE

More than €20,000 has been raised to help release Séamus Culleton, the Irish man detained in the US by ICE, who left here before he could answer three drug-related charges. Mr Culleton, from Glenmore in Kilkenny, told of the ‘nasty’ conditions he is faced with at the centre in El Paso, Texas, which he equated to a ‘modern-day concentration camp’. The 38-year-old, who was running a plastering business in Boston, was detained by the US’s Immigrati…