A US citizen (born) is in removal proceedings: Pierre Reginald Boulos

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A bit confusing. This is what I've concluded

1. Born in US, Lebanese American
2. Grew up in Haiti
3. At some point renounced his US citizenship (to become Haitian and get involved in their politics?)
4. Returned to US, living in Palm Beach, tried to restablish residency, trying argumentbthat his renouncement if American citizenship wasn't processed completely

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Pierre Reginald Boulos, a Haitian businessman and political figure, is set to be deported to Colombia as U.S. authorities move forward with his removal, according to a federal court order. Sources close to the situation, however, allege that Boulos was given a choice of removal to Mexico or Colombia.

The decision comes just days after a judge ruled that Boulos should receive a bond hearing, marking a partial legal victory in his challenge to months of immigration detention


Under a court-approved agreement, the Department of Homeland Security plans to transport Boulos to a South Florida airport, where he will board a commercial flight to Colombia within 15 days of the final removal order. The government is barred from deporting him to Haiti during this process.

Boulos has been detained since mid-2025 after U.S. officials determined he was deportable under a rarely used provision of immigration law tied to foreign policy concerns. 
Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded that Boulos’ alleged involvement in activities including violence, gang support and trafficking contributed to instability in Haiti, making his presence in the United States a risk to U.S. foreign policy interests.
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Inside the courtroom about a dozen or so family members, including his siblings and children, listened as attorneys for the Department of Homeland Security and Boulos argued back and forth over his U.S. citizenship. Lawyers for DHS said Boulos renounced that status in 2008, but his attorneys countered that it didn’t take effect because federal authorities made procedural mistakes. Lawyers for Boulos told immigration Judge Jorge Pereira that DHS had failed to submit documents establishing that Boulos was no longer a U.S. citizen. The judge, who pondered whether he had jurisdiction over the matter, at one point quipped, “This case uses a lot of old case laws.”


https://haitiantimes.com/2026/04/04/pierre-reginald-boulos-deportation-colombia/

Boulos, a former public health doctor, is the most high-profile Haitian to date to be arrested by the Trump administration. He was born in New York in 1956 but grew up in Haiti, where he began his career as a physician working in the slums of Port-au-Prince before turning his focus to business. While becoming a successful businessman, he also emerged as one of the country’s most prominent political players, a distinction that has earned him friends and foes.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/haiti/article311859278.html

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1. Ooooh ... He's gonna owe a lot of back taxes then. With interest. n/t