Overview

• Agustin Gentile, a green card holder and father of two U.S. citizen children, is being held at Stewart Detention Center in Georgia after ICE detained him in April.
• Gentile, who has lived in the U.S. since childhood, was targeted due to a 2020 misdemeanor conviction, despite completing probation and having the case closed in 2023.
• His parents, Martin Verdi and Debora Rey, Trump voters in 2024, expressed feelings of betrayal over the administration's expanded immigration enforcement policies.
• The Trump administration has broadened removal authorities, allowing green card revocations if deemed a national interest threat, as confirmed by USCIS.
• In a separate move, the administration announced cash incentives of up to $1,000 for undocumented migrants to self-deport rather than face detention.