MAGA Immigrant Arrested by ICE

A Danish father of four has found himself locked in an ICE detention cell after missing a single naturalization form back in 2015.

Savanah Eriksen said they were blindsided when she and her husband, Kasper Eriksen, arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, at what they believed would be a routine interview in the “final stage of obtaining his permanent American citizenship.”

After making the drive three hours north from their home in Sturgis, Mississippi, Eriksen was confronted by ICE agents who took him into custody and explained there was a paperwork error dating back to 2015. Instead of rectifying the mistake on the spot, he was then taken to an ICE detention facility in the middle of nowhere, Jena, Louisiana, where he is still being held.

The privately run facility is essentially a slum, with detainees reporting rodent droppings on kitchen surfaces and human excrement in a shower area, and have alleged that prolonged isolation has led to medical and mental health issues for many.

“What could have been corrected with paperwork has resulted in a month-long detention of my husband and a devastating situation for our children and myself, as well as my high-risk pregnancy,” she said in a statement. Savannah is due to deliver the couple's fifth child in August.

Eriksen first came to the U.S. in 2009 as a foreign exchange student at Starkville High School, where he met his now wife, Savannah. They later married, and Eriksen immigrated to the U.S. in 2013 with a green card. He began working as a welder in their tiny Mississippi town, which had a population of 202 as of 2022. She said he is still a welder and is “building our family home with his bare hands.”

A cursory look at his Facebook page shows a man who loves hunting, hates Joe Biden, and opposed the vaccine mandates in 2021.

There is no existing criminal record for Eriksen, including speeding tickets, which have been used against other immigrants who have already been arrested and deported by Trump's private police.

According to Savannah, “Kasper is a loving husband, devoted father, proud land owner, pays taxes, has a valid driver’s license, SSN, and came here legally on a green card in 2013 when we were married. He is a valued, loved, and well-respected man in our community.”

ICE has not given any news outlets information about Eriksen’s case.