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Pastor deported to Haiti after traffic stop despite pending green card bid

Sep 24, 2026·Location: York, PA

Country of origin: Haiti

Pastor deported to Haiti after traffic stop despite pending green card bid
Photo via Miami Herald

Pastor Molis Augustave, 33, a faith leader in York, Pennsylvania and former organizer with We Are CASA, was detained after West Manchester Township police stopped him over a reportedly broken headlight while he was driving for DoorDash and turned him over to ICE under the township's 287(g) agreement. He had an approved I-130 petition, a pending I-485 green card application, a pending motion to reopen before the Board of Immigration Appeals, and a federal habeas corpus petition, but was deported to Haiti after 19 days in detention alongside 38 other Haitians. An advocacy campaign led by his U.S.-citizen wife, Omara Boniface Nunez, briefly got him pulled from an initial deportation flight, but USCIS denied his green card application days later. While detained, he led a Bible study group and counseled a fellow detainee who was contemplating suicide. His wife and their two U.S.-born children, Isaac and Sofia, remain in York, where he pastored a congregation, and his Motion to Reopen remains pending.

Timeline

Sep 24, 2026—Deported to Haiti after 19 days in detention, following USCIS denial of his pending green card application
Sep 4, 2026—Stopped by West Manchester Township police over a broken headlight and turned over to ICE under a 287(g) agreement
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