LOWER MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Robert Panton has spent the latter part of his life fighting for his freedom and has been teetering on deportation for the last five years.
On Tuesday, during a routine check-in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the 59-year-old was taken into custody.
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“It’s a gross misjustice that can be reversed at any time,” Panton said in a video recorded shortly before his detention.
Panton has been fighting deportation to Jamaica since 2020, when a judge ordered his release from prison as part of a radical reform initiative. He had served three decades behind bars for a narcotics conviction during the “war on drugs” in the 1990s…