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The U.S. government admitted in April that it had wrongly deported an N.C. native, but newly released documents show that federal investigators ignored FBI records and other evidence showing that the man was a United States citizen.
At the time of Mark Lyttle’s deportation, immigration officials had criminal record checks that said he was a U.S. citizen. They had his Social Security number and the names of his parents. They had Lyttle’s own sworn statement that he had been born in Rowan County.
None of this stopped them from leaving Lyttle, a mentally ill American who speaks no Spanish, alone and penniless in Mexico, where he has no ties.
Lyttle’s 350-page Department of Homeland Security file, released to The (Raleigh) News & Observer, shows that the government deported him based entirely on some of his own conflicting statements, even though agents knew that Lyttle is bipolar and has a learning disability.
“I tried to tell them I was a U.S. citizen born right here in Rowan County,” Lyttle says now. “But no one believed me.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ms_difyah_nasty/ ms_difyah_nasty

    Thats f**ked up , thats all i can say.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tallerthanyou/ tallerthanyou

    lmao lmao

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DaWoods/ DaWoods

    Damn

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1blackmale/ 1blackmale

    lmao good lawwd

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkmail2000/ blkmail2000

    Pepole not doing their Job they can’t be black people because somebody ass would be jobless.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/nattyredds/ nattyredds

    HE BETTER SUE THEY AZZES FOR EVERYTHING THEY GOT

    AND SOMEONE ELSE SAID IT THE BEST

    HAD THAT BEEN A BLACK PERSON WORKING IN THAT OFFICE WHERE THAT TYPE OF MISTAKE WAS MADE

    BET YO BOTTOM DOLLAR THE NIG.GER OR NIGGA OR BLACK PERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN “FIRED ON THE SPOT”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CrEaMeH/ CrEaMeH

    LOL ATLEAST he gotta free Trip lol…..ok j/k j/k …SUE THEM lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stupidfatandugly/ stupidfatandugly

    maybe it wasn’t a case of not doing ones job but them not caring cause he was a black man and let the mistake fall through the cracks cause to them, “one less minority in america”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/littlebabymia/ littlebabymia

    I just want to know when will their position be posted and where to apply?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/beeutea/ beeutea

    sue their ignorant azzes!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Saintjamesufc1/ Saintjamesufc1

    SUE and get your money

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jaxan/ Jaxan

    I know I’m wrong for saying this but, He does look like he could be from Mexico. LOL! That raggedy Go-T and ball cap threw me off

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mywua/ mywua

    Well thats a new way to get our Black asses out of the country. I hope this guy gets his money and someone addresses the way they do things over there. I wouldn’t doubt that this has happened before. I wouldn’t doubt that it won’t happen again. Black folks need to wake up and pay attention to what is really happening in America. Your future and your kids futures depend on it.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shoot4damoon/ shoot4damoon

    this country is getter more dumb by the decade

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Martin2MM/ Martin2MM

    he ain’t black that mofo mexican, mexicns are good at this so he saying hes black but ain’t

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pmpchad/ pmpchad

    uhh what the f**k should i say??? how this happen but he did look mexican

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sdslomo/ sdslomo

    @shoot4damoon You mean this country is getting DUMBER by the decade? You’re proving your own point.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MsKit-Kat09/ MsKit-Kat09

    WoW, I guess that was an Uh-Oh moment I would sue the shyt out them motherfukkas

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DMY19151/ DMY19151

    LOL…THESE MUTHASUCKERS ARE KICKING THE WRONG PEOPLE OUT OF THE COUNTRY…….LOL..THE END OF THE STORY IS FUNNY AS S**T…..YES,SUE THEM!

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/truthserumX/ truthserumX

    we alllllllllllll look alike to them LOL, wow! only in America!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Mr_Patches/ Mr_Patches

    That’s F’d up and funny at the same time.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MrPiimp/ MrPiimp

    this is the funnyest shyt ever

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    I’m just like…. hell naw, really? Whoever did that should be fired. No question.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sonaughty01/ sonaughty01

    Ok not all Latinos are illegal and this is the only reason b/c he did look latino….dayuuum ingnorance everywhere from the article to people posting here. My husband is Latino born in Cali and people think hes illegal really????

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/2daTopnonStop/ 2daTopnonStop

    Some are laughing at this but I bet $ that this is just a sign to come….”They” keep screaming to go back to our own country. Well since they won’t be able to send us back to Africa w/out it being noticed, the government will just end up “deporting us to Mexico~

    Keep ya birth certificates in ya purses/ wallets ya’ll~

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/24_sweet/ 24_sweet

    HI ALL LISTEN THAT’S A SHAME THAT HE HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT AND BECAUSE HAS SOME MENTAL DELAYS AND SPEECH OFF A BIT THEY NEED TO SEND BACK THE ONES THAT LIE AND USE INNOCENT PEOPLE TO GET INTO THE USA LIKE MARRIAGE FRAUD BEWARE IF U RUN INTO A AFRICAN NUT NAMED ABDUL AZIZ FAISAL..RIGHT HERE ON BP…USERNAME SHYGUY30 AINT NOTHING SHY ABOUT USERS PEOPLE LIKE THAT NEED TO BE DEPORTED BACK TO AFRICA NOT OUR BROTHER TO MEXICO

    I PRAY THAT HIS OKAY AND THAT HE SUE FOR WRONGFULLY AND BAD TREATMENT AND NOTE THAT ALL BLACKS DON’T LOOK A LIKE EVEN THOUGH HE LOOKS SPANISH MORE THAN BLACK BUT HEY I’M BLACK AND INDIAN….SMILE STAY UP PEOPLE ….SWEETNESS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/verlgurl/ verlgurl

    Kinda messed up for everybody else but im so glad im native american!!! the govt cant deport us anywhere!!!!!! 100 % pure Apsaalooke’ look it up.
    But on the serious side though he needs legal representation because he was a real case, he should be compensated. THis makes no sense if he didnt even speak spanish!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/arozendaghetto/ arozendaghetto

    Is that the dude from De La Soul?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigj97216/ bigj97216

    I Obama should put an immediate end to the Immigration sweeps. I have a Latino god son that has to keep his birth papers on him at all times, or face being deported. As long long as we Black people play the White mans game of hate instead of embracing and uniting with our Brown brothers and sisters. We will always be oppressed. Some of you think you are better than Mexicans, you better think again. The White man does not think so. It is a game of divide and conquer. Check your history we are one and the same.
    http://hiphopandpolitics.wordpress.com/2009/08/30/a-history-of-black-brown-untity-tensions-and-struggle/

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ_KNIGHTOWL/ MZ_KNIGHTOWL

    THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME,,,THIS IS JUST THE ONLY CASE PRESENTED BECAUSE HE IS A BLACK MAN,,,I THOUGHT MAYBE HE WAS REALLY MEXICAN WELL A BLACK MEXICAN WHICH DOES EXIST IN MEXICO,,,THATS WHY SOME MEXICANS MIGHT HAVE BLACK FEATURES,,,AND WHOEVER DOESNT BELIEVE ME,,,LOOK IT UP,,,I QUESTION MY FAMILY SOMETIMES,,,LMAO,,,ANYWAY,,,IT DIDNT MATTER THAT HE DOESNT SPEAK SPANISH,,,ACCORDING TO MOST “AMERICANS” ANY LATINO IS A “WETBACK” AND WE ALL KNOW SPANISH,,,MOST DONT GET THEIR FACTS STRAIGHT,,,I CANT EVEN JUST POINT THE FINGER AT WHITES,,,CUZ BLACKS AND EVEN SOME LATINOS HATE AGAINST LATINOS,,,IT IS WHAT IT IS,,,WERE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR OURSELVES,,,

    P.S.,,,U CAN DEPORT LATINOS,,,LOL BUT WERE GONNA ALWAYS COME BACK,,,WHOEVER THE GOVERNMENT CANT LEGALLY DEPORT,,,THEY GET U IN OTHER WAYS,,,EVEN THO MY PARENTS,,AND GRAND-PARENTS WERE BORN HERE,,,IF THEY WANTED US GONE,,,IM SURE THEYLL FIND A WAY,,,BUT JUST CUZ SOMEONES SKIN IS AS DARK AS WESLEY SNIPES,,,OR AS LIGHT AS CAMERON DIAZ,,,WE LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY,,,SO YOULL NEVER GET RID OF ALL OF US!!! LMAO,,,,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ_KNIGHTOWL/ MZ_KNIGHTOWL

    i had 1 more thing to say,,,i know i make jokes bout this and most people do crack their jokes,,,but no matter how serious or not u think all this is,,,this is real life,,,and when u get used to these things happening,,,nobody does much,,,and that s**t is sad as hell,,,im guilty of it myself,,,i mean damn when i applied for work at the welfare office,,,i seen alot of people there who really need it,,,all races,,,white, black, latino, pacific islanders,,,so it goes to show u were all suffering,,,it aint just 1 race,,,or age group,,,i do what i can,,,but it aint enough,,,anyways damn,,,got myself all emotional thinkin bout it,,,LOL im gone,,,

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/YG_on_deck/ YG_on_deck

    You have no idea @ CrEaMeH.. that man coulda easily been killed in the wrong place over there.. there is no love for us on that side .. trust and believe, and if u dont look at whats goin on in L.A. its a war do ya research..and yeah he does need to sue

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/loreanashli/ loreanashli

    Not all black people came over on slave ships so this go back to africa crap is null and void. Our people was here before the Europeans. “Othello’s Children” by Jose Pimienta Bey breaks it down.

    When it comes to “illegal” immigrants, it really bothers me because alot of them wouldn’t feel the need to come here if there was actual justice in the world.

    They wouldn’t come here if they didn’t feel welcome and could make a way for themselves so blaming someone who wants better for their self and family is not cool. It’s funny to me in the history books mainstream america had no problem in letting european immmigrants and were accepted with open arms but when it’s people of color it’s a no-go.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/zesco2k/ zesco2k

    Damn where is tha LawSuit lol……………

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/moniQTee/ moniQTee

    Well this is what happens these days because all the “new n!gg@s” claim they aren’t Black if they are mixed with some the race.

    Loreanashli- thats true. There are many indigenous Black groups on this land, all up and down the Americas.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mancool672/ mancool672

    damn they tryin to deport black people to mexico now what is the world coming to, shoot if they gonna start doin that deport me too lol more hot ass latin chicks for me lol
    jk but for real they bein stupid these nikkas assumin to much

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Decent1232/ Decent1232

    Wow this is bad of course someone should take this case ASAP. But I do agree and think this may be a test to see on how we would react to a black person being deported mmmm using a helpless person first. Wow my husband is from mexico and we went though this really bad issue he was deported and they had on the immigration website any illegal or person that have pending paper work should not be detained or deported but they did anyway and had blacks doing all of the dirty work in ATL. He is out and now with family but now he wants me to come to mexico it might be a good thing for us to go to mexico since no one havent given us our 40 acres and a mule. And Im a educated black women and I still dont feel respected and they do treat mexians real bad which are not that different from us over 2 million slaves were taken to mexico in the i think 15th century and up, also blacks came there the olmecs way before the spanish. To me mexico is the closest thing to africa and now that im married to a mexician man it is a big part of me and I do plan on going there soon. Our ancestors started alot all over the world. I say Yes we Can. These ppl are nice in some or most of mexico cause they are apart of us they dont see color like they do here in america. The woman on the Cosby show and her sister debbie allen were raised in mexico. MMMM its time to think I dont see nothing wrong with it but first give me my acres and bmw something.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MZ_KNIGHTOWL/ MZ_KNIGHTOWL

    DAMN IM GLAD THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARENT LATINO THAT ACTUALLY SEE AN EXPERIENCED THE HATE THAT LATINOS GET,,,
    TO U DECENT1232,,,I FEEL BAD FOR UR SITUATION I HOPE IT ALL WORKS OUT FOR U,,,I MEAN DAMN MEXICO SERIOUSLY AINT NO JOKE ON HOW SOME PARTS OUT THERE IS JUST CRAZY,,,PEOPLE THINK WATTS,,,AND SOUTH CENTRAL IS BAD,,,ITS NOTHING COMPARED TO OVER THERE,,,SOMETIMES A CHILD IS BORN IN MEXICO,,COMES HERE WHEN HES ABOUT A YR OLD,,,THEN AROUND 25 LIVING IN USA ALL HIS LIFE EXEPT 1 YR,,,THEY DEPORT HIM FOR WHATEVER REASON,,,AND SEND HIM SOMEWHERE HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT,,,WHAT KIND OF S**T IS THAT?
    AS FAR AS PEOPLE SAYING,,,GO BACK TO AFRICA,,,GO BACK TO MEXICO,,,OR WHEREVER ANYONE IS FROM,,,HOW CAN U GO BACK TO SOMEWHERE U NEVER BEEN? LOL.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lindahi51/ lindahi51

    Maybe they plan to ship all our azzez out, like we was shipped in. For crying out loud.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lindahi51/ lindahi51

    Our ancestors !!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/yunsoonsuk/ yunsoonsuk

    You sound surprised even though this is the US Government and look who is running it, or trying to anyway.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Decent1232/ Decent1232

    Thanks @ Ms_Knight I understand I do alot of research on all ppl and their interaction with other ppl. Ms_Knight latinos are just getting a tasted of what blacks in america have been experiencing for yrs(centurys) its good to read about ones history when you interact with someone from a different background or country. It for me is a very wise and spiritual thing to unite with one and their country. Love my africian kings but apart of that is in Mexico and other parts of the world as well. When he was in the detention center they was treated so bad that some of them had heartattacks of being sent back due to the fact of not being able to take care of their families and that is understandable black families in the past were separated and killed from their families as well. Latinos are picking up the pieces and history is repeating itself to another of gods lost tribes. We need to educated each other and come together with love and peace. It was really hard also by the fact when he married me all his white friends didnt want anthing to do with him and he lost his job. You dont know the half of it, but our love for each other have become more strong than it has ever been. The border cannt separate us. We put god first and go with the flow like I said before lol Yes we can Mexico is beautiful and so are the ppl there it hard all over the world but guess what my ancestors they survived god aloud it for a reason. Im at peace with my decision. @ linda my ancestors are from here as well im blackfoot indian and germany so my ancestors as well as your ancestors well its all about education. God said he ppl would be destroyed due to alack of knowledge. So Sad God Bless All

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Daysha80_Betrayed/ Daysha80_Betrayed

    Yes lets look at who is running this yun suki long time, Bush messed up America in every way possible and here comes a man trying to fixes every lil nook and cranny, what did u think was going to happen rainbows and hobbits with gold for all. I cant stand these dumb comments.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Vertigo2001/ Vertigo2001

    Daysha80_Betrayed

    Yun suki long time!! LMAO!! All I can say is don’t drink the water in Mexico lol.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SoularFlarez/ SoularFlarez

    google = OLMECS

    indigenous BLACK people in America 1000s years ago that are older than the mongolian looking straight-haired ‘red’ native americans.

    the Olmecs (blacks) & the early Mayans know wasup. one of the ‘gods’ was named “Ekchuah” a so-called god of warriors and sailors/traders.

    they call us Afrikans but we are indigenous to this ENTIRE PLANET, since we are the parents of civilization, the original and OLDEST people on this earth.

    we just have amneshia since we’ve been conquered and brainwashed

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