US-Born Immigration Lawyer Tells CNN She Mistakenly Received DHS Email Telling Her To Leave the Country

An immigration lawyer born in the U.S. told CNN she received an email from the Department of Homeland Security telling her she had days to self-deport out of the country.

Nicole Micheroni, who was born in the Boston area, joined CNN’s Boris Sanchez on Tuesday to discuss the email she received and DHS’ explanation for it. According to a DHS statement, some emails were sent to “unintended recipients” because illegal migrants may have provided other people’s emails.

The message to self-deport in seven days used Micheroni’s name and she doubted DHS’ explanation.

“At first I kind of laughed. Then I was like, wait a second, this is concerning. I know I’m a US citizen. It’s not hard for me to show that. I’m familiar with immigration law… I think it’s very concerning that emails like this are going out to people they shouldn’t be going out to,” she said.

Micheroni argued some migrants that are intended to get these messages very likely aren’t receiving them.

“I don’t even know if it was intended for a client,” she said.

Sanchez asked if the email could have been sent on purpose as a “form of intimidation” against the immigration work Micheroni does. The lawyer argued it was likely “administrative error,” but she did not buy into the DHS statement claiming that someone else provided her email.

“I think the most likely thing is that it was an administrative error,” the lawyer said. “My email does show up on a lot of different people’s immigration paperwork. That being said, I do not put my email down as anyone else’s email and I don’t know that it’s super likely that is reason my email ended up on this distribution list.”

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