ICE deports Ethiopian national who called for violence on social media
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ICE deported an Ethiopian man for social media posts calling for ethnic violence.
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Your social media posts supporting foreign armed groups or ethnic violence could lead to deportation if you're not a US citizen.
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US Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported Ethiopian national Solomon Bogale after determining his social media posts supported the FANO armed militia and called for violence against ethnic Tigrayans. Immigration investigators found that Bogale's online activity advocated ethnic persecution against the minority group while supporting the militia that is actively fighting Ethiopia's government forces. The deportation removes from US soil an individual whose social media presence promoted violent ethnic targeting. ICE classified his posts as supporting an armed group engaged in active conflict with Ethiopian government troops.
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