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EX IRA Man Turned Nurse Self Deports From US For Fear of ICE
Former IRA Man Turned Nurse Self Deports From US Out of Fear of ICE
Matthew Morrison, a former IRA man whose deportation proceedings were terminated during the Clinton administration, has self deported back to Ireland. Irish Central 10 AUG 2025 https://www.irishcentral.com/uploads...g?t=1754652631 Matthew Morrison, a native of Derry who had been living in the US for four decades, self deported back to Ireland in July out of fear that he might be picked up by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement I would bite the dust in an ICE holding cell, Morrison, 69, told The Marshall Project St. Louis before he left the US to return to Ireland in July There is nothing to stop them from deporting me to Ecuador, South Sudan, or whatever. Its really gotten insane here. Its crazy what they are doing now, the Trump administration. You know what I mean Morrison was raised in the working class, Catholic area of Brandywell in Derry. In 1970, he was 16 years old when he marched in the civil rights demonstration, which is now known as Bloody Sunday, after British soldiers opened fire on unarmed civilians, killing 13 people. Writing for the Irish republican newspaper The Irish People in September 1993, Morrison described Bloody Sunday as a watershed moment of great significance which, in part, prompted him to join the Irish Republican Army IRA In 1975, when he was a student at the New University of Ulster, he and two other students were arrested, charged, and convicted in a British non jury court of the attempted murder of an RUC man. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Long Kesh, of which he ultimately served ten. While in prison, Morrison was appointed as one of the highest ranking members of the IRA, who were responsable for the MURDER of thousands Also in prison, his correspondence with American woman Francie Broderick developed into a relationship. Broderick visited Morrison while he was still in prison, and the two decided that they would get married. Morrison was released in 1985, and on 23 December that year, he traveled on a tourist visa with Broderick to St. Louis, Missouri. A week later, the two got married. Ever since overstaying his visa, the threat of being forced to return to Ireland hung heavy over Morrison and his family. I do not deny my past, but I would like to escape it, Morrison wrote in 1993. He added I have no connection with the armed struggle in Ireland and there is no likelihood of any such connection being rekindled. He wrote at the time that should he and his family be forced back to Ireland, they would face significant danger. Morrison and Broderick divorced after having two children together Morrison later remarried to another American woman, Sandra Riley Swift. He remained based in Missouri, where he worked as a nurse for about 20 years, until he self deported in July. Deportees In the summer of 2000, Morrison was among the six Irish nationals nicknamed the deportees who had their deportation proceedings terminated by US Attorney General Janet Reno, who also ordered officials to forego proceedings against another three Irish nationals. The move was welcomed by then US President Bill Clinton, who said While in no way approving or condoning their past criminal acts, I believe that removing the threat of deportation for these individuals will contribute to the peace process in Northern Ireland - NUTS.... In June, Morrison attended a scheduled check in with US Citizenship and Immigration Services in St. Louis. Recent stories of immigrants being arrested at such check ins put him and his family on edge. We were terrified that they were just going to take him right there, Morrisons son Matt, 37 told The Marshall Project. In June, another deportee, Gabriel Megahey, said he received a letter from the US Department of Homeland Security that began Its time for you to leave the United States..... Morrison, whose work authorization is set to expire in October, told The Marshall Project he is expecting a letter similar to the one received by Megahey but didnt want to stick around and find out. On 21 July, he boarded a one way flight from Cleveland to Dublin with his wife, leaving behind his grown children, his grandchildren, and the life he had built in the US. I came here as an immigrant, and I am leaving as an immigrant, despite everything in between. https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/wp...6050431340.jpg 'LET ICE have him.. He's a FULL BLOODY-Handed TERRORIST'..... |
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