Facing deportation, man now says he’s American
Hernán Rozemberg

Saúl Espinoza readily admits he’s no angel — his life is a chronology of felony convictions — and that he deserves to be punished for being a weasel with the justice system.

But that shouldn’t include getting booted out of the country and not being allowed back, he said.

Espinoza, 36, claims he’s a U.S. citizen about to be wrongly deported to Mexico. He’s expected to receive a final deportation order Thursday at a court hearing in San Antonio.

“Just because I’ve done bad stuff in the past shouldn’t mean they can take away my citizenship,â€