Stephen Müller sacrifices one of his own
5/24/2025, 7:06:57 AM No.1407840
ICE Arrests Mississippi Father at His Citizenship Hearing,
ICE transported Kasper to the Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
Kasper has never been charged with or convicted of any crime. He has not been accused of being a member of a gang. What led the government to rip Kasper out of the arms of his family was a single document. Form I-751, a “Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence,” was just one of the endless documents he needed on his decade-plus journey to American citizenship.
Kasper and his wife, Savannah (Nee)Hobart, never submitted that form, which was due all the way back in 2015. She had suffered a stillbirth, losing their 1st child, and in the days of grief that followed, the deadline slipped right past them. But Kasper’s naturalization continued unimpeded. He corresponded with immigration officials numerous times over the next 10 years, and says agents never warned him that a critical document was missing. He paid taxes each year, reliably contributing a portion of his labor to the nation he already felt a part of.
Together with Savannah, they had 4 more children. He became a foreman at his job, and as 2025 arrived, he prepared for the final meeting with immigration services to formalize his naturalization and become an American citizen after spending nearly half of his life building a family here.
10 years after his first arrival in the U.S., 4 years after their miscarriage, and 6 years before he was chained to a seat on a bus in Memphis.
More than a month has passed since Savannah last saw Kasper, as ICE took him away in Tennessee. She is 6 months pregnant with their 5th child.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-mississippi-father-at-his-citizenship-hearing-threatening-deportation/
ICE transported Kasper to the Louisiana ICE Processing Center.
Kasper has never been charged with or convicted of any crime. He has not been accused of being a member of a gang. What led the government to rip Kasper out of the arms of his family was a single document. Form I-751, a “Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence,” was just one of the endless documents he needed on his decade-plus journey to American citizenship.
Kasper and his wife, Savannah (Nee)Hobart, never submitted that form, which was due all the way back in 2015. She had suffered a stillbirth, losing their 1st child, and in the days of grief that followed, the deadline slipped right past them. But Kasper’s naturalization continued unimpeded. He corresponded with immigration officials numerous times over the next 10 years, and says agents never warned him that a critical document was missing. He paid taxes each year, reliably contributing a portion of his labor to the nation he already felt a part of.
Together with Savannah, they had 4 more children. He became a foreman at his job, and as 2025 arrived, he prepared for the final meeting with immigration services to formalize his naturalization and become an American citizen after spending nearly half of his life building a family here.
10 years after his first arrival in the U.S., 4 years after their miscarriage, and 6 years before he was chained to a seat on a bus in Memphis.
More than a month has passed since Savannah last saw Kasper, as ICE took him away in Tennessee. She is 6 months pregnant with their 5th child.
https://www.mississippifreepress.org/ice-arrests-mississippi-father-at-his-citizenship-hearing-threatening-deportation/
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