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A U.S.-born man, detained without citizenship proof, fights deportation to Ukraine where he doesn’t speak the language or have ties.
Roman Surovtsev, a U.S. resident since childhood as a refugee from the Soviet Union, was detained by ICE in August 2024 during a routine check-in, despite neither Ukraine nor Russia confirming his citizenship or providing travel documents for deportation.
His legal team successfully vacated his teenage criminal conviction, arguing he wasn’t informed of immigration consequences, and is fighting to reinstate his green card.
ICE continues efforts to deport him to Ukraine, where he does not speak the language and faces potential military conscription, while he remains held in a Texas detention center.
His wife, Samantha Surovtsev, has mobilized legal support, calling the detention unconstitutional due to the lack of a realistic deportation path.
The case highlights the human cost of immigration enforcement when removal is effectively impossible.
Un hombre nacido en Estados Unidos, detenido sin prueba de ciudadanía, lucha contra la deportación a Ucrania donde no habla el idioma ni tiene vínculos.