Francis Anwana, 48, was born in Nigeria and moved to the U.S. when he was 13 to attend a school for the deaf.
Anwana lives in Detroit at an adult foster care facility, helping mow the lawns and mop the floors at a nearby church on Detroit’s west side.
But in a shock to immigrant advocates, the U.S. now wants to deport Anwana to Nigeria, a country he has not lived since he was a teenager.
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Deaf, disabled Detroit immigrant in US for 34 years faces deportation
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