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"I AM DEVASTATED, I FEAR FOR HIS LIFE." AUNT SPEAKS OUT FOR RUSSIAN MIGRANT ORDERED DEPORTED

By Bransen P. Harper 
 
Contributor: Patrick J. Watkins
 
May 10, 2024 (San Diego) – A young Russian migrant in Jacumba Hot Springs told East County Magazine several weeks ago that he fled his homeland after being persecuted and beaten for opposing Russia’s “unjust war of terror” in Ukraine.  But now his hopes of freedom in America have been dashed. 
 
An immigration judge has denied his asylum claim and ordered 19-year-old "Ruslan" deported, according to his aunt and his attorney. HIs real name is being withheld for his protection.

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