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The Board of Immigration Appeals took nine days in the spring to rule that activist Mahmoud Khalil could be deported.

A Homeland Security Department spokesman stated the agency does not conduct immigration enforcement for foreign political interests or target individuals for protected political speech.

A Homeland Security Department spokesman said it was 'categorically false' that the agency detained José Serrano for political reasons.

José Serrano held high-ranking positions under Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa starting in 2009.

A conversation between Kristi Noem and Daniel Noboa took place in Quito, Ecuador on July 31, 2025.

In June, a Colombian activist who protested against Colombia's now-president Abelardo De La Espriella was detained by U.S. immigration agents in Arizona.

Kristi Noem holds a position as a special envoy for Western Hemisphere security at the State Department.

José Serrano's lawyers have asked a US federal appeals court to order his return to the United States.

Charles Adkins-Blanch was appointed to the immigration appeals board under President George W. Bush and later served as its vice chairman.

Former appellate immigration judges stated that a complex, fast-tracked appeal like José Serrano's would normally take weeks to decide, not a single day.

Daniel Noboa, who is Miami-born and heir to a banana-exporting empire, has governed Ecuador since late 2023.

In March 2026, the US helped Ecuador's military destroy an alleged cartel training camp that residents claimed was a dairy farm.

José Serrano admitted to taking more than $500,000 in bribes in an unrelated matter.

US immigration judges work for the Justice Department, not the independent judiciary, and can be hired and fired by administration officials.

A US immigration judge initially ruled that José Serrano could not be deported to Ecuador because he was likely to be tortured.

ICE agents arrested José Serrano in Miami in 2025, days after Ecuador's President Noboa met with then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem in Ecuador.

Three Trump-appointed immigration appeals judges overruled the decision blocking José Serrano's deportation one day after being briefed on the case.

Ecuadorean officials have denied that José Serrano has been mistreated.

President Noboa's social media post included a photo of José Serrano shackled between two ICE agents.

According to his lawyers, José Serrano is being held in a maximum-security prison in Ecuador and was told that a video of him naked would be sent to President Daniel Noboa.