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Hima u.s: Country and Citizen Lunn

hima u.s: The Department of Homeland Security has designated Cambodia as Lunn's country of origin but Cambodia has denied Lunn is a citizen, according to Metro News. Lunn was jailed in October on unarmed robbery charges but continued to be held even after the charges were ultimately dismissed. The man was released from jail May 25.A corrected version of the story is below Refugee freed as US continues to seek country to take himA U.S. refugee and convicted felon sitting in jail as federal immigration officials tried to find a country that would take him has been released, pending the resolution of the deportation issueA U.S. refugee and convicted felon sitting in jail as federal immigration officials tried to find a country that would take him has been released, pending the resolution of the deportation issue.A federal judge in Boston ordered Sreynuon Lunn, 32, released from the Suffolk County jail Thursday and placed under electronic monitoring, U.S. District Court records show. Lunn has a felony conviction from a prior case, and a judge ordered him held on a so-called Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer. He was legally allowed into the country as a refugee and given lawful permanent resident status. Lunn was born in a Thai refugee camp to Cambodian parents fleeing the Khmer Rouge and brought to the United States as a 7-month-old child. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.