Muneer Subaihani at the airport in Baghdad on Tuesday, waiting to board the first of his flights back to the United States. Ahmed Qusay for NPR hide caption toggle caption Ahmed Qusay for NPR World Iraqi Has Returned To U.S. After ICE Deported Him Against Court Orders January 31, 2019 Muneer Subaihani says immigration agents told him he would be in jail for life if he didn't agree to be deported to Iraq. On Tuesday, in a rare event, he was admitted back into the U.S.