Thread: Deportation to Nowhere

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[b]The L.A. area is home to about 2,000 immigrants who have been ordered to leave the U.S. but remain because no other nation will recognize them.

By Anna Gorman
Times Staff Writer

November 6, 2005

Months after being ordered deported, Karen Vanian walked out of an immigration detention facility in San Pedro and headed to his family's house in Tujunga.

"Freedom," he said, holding a plastic bag of his belongings. "I just can't stop smiling."

In October, immigration authorities released Vanian â€â€

So the Russian KGB who were effectively without computers at that level were able to keep track of fellow Soviets and deny residence in Russia. We who have dirt cheap computers and relational databases coming out our ears can not keep track of our visitor overstays today. Shame on us.