Over the weekend Simon was detained by ICE after being denied citizenship for the last time...
From Us Weekly
Porsha Williams’ estranged husband, Simon Guobadia, has been detained by ICE, Us Weekly can confirm.
Guobadia, who was born in Nigeria, is currently being held at Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s records, obtained by Us on Friday, February 21.
His status is listed as “in ICE custody,” meaning he is being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (The detainment comes amid President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan, which he signed into effect earlier this year after taking the Oval Office. Under the order, illegal immigrants could be deported back to their home countries.)
From WSBTV
Since the 1980s, Simon Guobadia, Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Porsha Williams’ husband, has been trying to become a U.S. citizen, according to court records.
According to court documents, Guobadia’s latest request for citizenship was denied by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services last month.
Guobadia, a Nigerian citizen, initially entered the U.S. in 1982, but overstayed his visa and was declared deportable in 1985. He came back into the country the next year, but once again overstayed his work visa.
In 1987, he was arrested and pleaded guilty to bank and credit card fraud. Over the next few years, he was arrested two more times.
In 1992, Guobadia was deported and physically removed from the U.S. Less than a month later, he was granted permanent residency status under an undisclosed identity, the federal filing says.
Years later, in 2016, he applied for naturalization, but was denied because his previous status was “unlawfully granted.”
Since then, he has filed several complaints and appeals in an effort to become a naturalized citizen, but none of them have been granted.
Porsha spoke out after the news went viral.
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