Re: [RHoA] Porsha Williams' Ex Simon Guobadia Detained by ICE Amid Mass Deportations

On Feb 24, 2025 at 6:37:59 AM PST, "Ubiquitous" <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:

Since the 1980s, Simon Guobadia, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA star Porsha
Williams' husband, has been trying to become a U.S. citizen. That seems
unlikely to happen now.
 
Williams' estranged husband has been detained by ICE, Us Weekly can confirm.
 
Guobadia, who was born in Nigeria, is currently being held at Stewart
Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, according to U.S. Department of
Homeland Security's records, obtained by Us on Friday, February 21.
 
His status is listed as "in ICE custody", meaning he is being held by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (The detainment comes amid President
Donald Trump's mass deportation plan, which he signed into effect earlier
this year after taking the Oval Office. Under the order, illegal immigrants
will be deported back to their home countries.)
 
Guobadia, 60, came from Nigeria to the United States in 1982 and allegedly
overstayed his visa and was declared deportable in 1985, according to
Atlanta’s WSB-TV 2. Guobadia returned to America in 1986 and once again
overstayed his work visa.
 
He was arrested in 1987 and pleaded guilty to bank and credit card fraud.

A Nigerian involved in financial fraud? How utterly shocking and surprising.

Guobadia was later arrested two more times and deported back to Nigeria in
1992.
 
Guobadia was able to return to the U.S. one month later, according to the
news station, which reported on Friday that he applied for naturalization in
2016.

Why in the name of the Red Hulk would the government even consider someone for
naturalization who is on his third or fourth round of deportation due to
violating immigration law?

Although I am somewhat confused as to how he's deportable since he's married
to an American citizen. Doesn't that automatically give you residency in the
U.S.?