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    Citizen? Prove it.

    After 22 years, Manuel Herrera discovers that it’s complicated.
    by Christie Thompson May 22, 2018 5 minutes

    Manuel Herrera has been in immigration detention in Hudson County, New Jersey, for almost a year. In that time, his lawyer has been fighting to prove he is a U.S. citizen.

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    Herrera’s parents brought him to the U.S. from Honduras in 1976, when he was 3 months old. His family had green cards that allowed them to enter legally and stay indefinitely. He grew up between Manhattan and the Bronx, had two children, and worked odd jobs in construction. Even after getting arrested in his early

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