Green card holder deported to Netherlands adjusts to life separated from family
Feb 8, 2026·Location: Columbia, MO
Country of origin: Netherlands

Owen Ramsingh, a 45-year-old Missouri resident and green card holder, was detained at O'Hare Airport in September 2025 after Border Patrol discovered a felony drug conviction from nearly 30 years prior. He was deported to the Netherlands in February 2026 and is now rebuilding his life in his birth country while separated from his wife and teenage daughter. Ramsingh, who last lived in the Netherlands at age 5, is living with his reconnected father and reports experiencing nightmares from his detention.
Sources
- Deported Missouri green card holder tries to begin new life in Europe: 'We were ripped apart'
KCUR·Apr 9, 2026·archived copy
- Detained and deported: A Missouri man must make a new life in the Netherlands
WVIK·May 5, 2026·archived copy
- Missouri man begins life in Europe after deportation
stlpr.org·Apr 7, 2026·archived copy
- Deported Missouri green card holder Owen Ramsingh recounts experience at El Paso ICE facility
KCUR·Feb 15, 2026·archived copy
- Friends and family of Missouri man detained by ICE await word of deportation: 'It's un-American'
KCUR·Jan 28, 2026·archived copy
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