Deportation of Irish man in ICE custody temporarily halted

The deportation of an Irish man who is being held in an US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in El Paso, Texas, has been temporarily halted.

Seamus Culleton, who is originally from Glenmore, County Kilkenny, was detained by ICE in September 2025 while he was in the process of applying for his green card.

Lawyers for Culleton, the BOS Legal Group in Boston, Massachusetts, said a court has issued a temporary order pausing his deportation for 10 business days.