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Asylum claim, casino arrest, impeachment talk, a campaign feud

ICE's own X account added a caption to Fox's exclusive about a Mali-born father, now fifty-seven, who was deported to Ghana and then Mali in July; the post was blunt.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on Late Night BBN
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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentICE's official X account reposted Fox's exclusive on a deported Texas father with the words "Fake and Gay!" added on top.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentDHS says his 2009 asylum application claimed he was gay, and Sunday's 60 Minutes report had shown him as a family man.

  3. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA government account posted that. On purpose. With a caption.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA federal immigration judge ruled in twenty twelve that he could not be sent to Mali, according to CBS.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIn Atlantic City, a middle school teacher was fired after her arrest.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPolice say she helped pin a man down in a casino hotel room while a second person used his iPhone face scan to make four Apple Pay transfers totaling twelve hundred fifty dollars.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHer lawyer says she was there strictly to party.

  8. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe complaint quotes the other suspect saying, "That's what you get for your twelve hundred fifty dollars."

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