Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office, Wade was taken into ICE custody due an immigration hold. Kozycki said that immigration hold was tied to a missed court hearing from 2014 and convictions from nearly 20 years ago. Kozycki said Wade did not know about that 2014 hearing because he never received a Notice to Appear in 2012. In documents provided to Atlanta Never First, on Feb. 7, 2012, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a Notice to Appear, ordering Wade to show cause for why he should not be removed from the United States. The document indicated Wade was served in person. However, that box appears to be scratched out, and instead a box “by regular mail” was marked. The letter was addressed not to a residence but to the immigration court at “US ICE 180 Spring Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30303.” “You’re supposed to have notice that you have to be there,” Kozycki explained. “That never happened. They then start sending letters to an address that was not associated with him.” The hearing proceeded without him in 2014. Wade didn’t learn about the missed court date until 2019, when he attempted to renew his green card. The underlying issues triggering the deportation proceeding
