British man arrested after detailing convictions in OC newspaper
Last Update: Apr 22, 2007 5:30 PM


HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A British national has been arrested by federal immigration agents after describing past drug convictions in an Orange County newspaper article.

Calvin Alexander Lee was arrested Friday at his Huntington Beach home and faces deportation proceedings, officials said.

The 41-year-old man was quoted in an Orange County Register story last month about legal U.S. residents being deported as a result of new immigration-screening measures.

Lee said he was "lucky" to have escaped notice from immigration authorities when he was jailed five years ago on felony drug charges. Such offenses are usually grounds for deporting non-citizens.

Federal immigration authorities declined to say whether the story led to Lee's arrest. He was arrested for immigration violations that include past convictions on methamphetamine charges.

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