Missouri man begins life in Europe after deportation

Missouri man begins life in Europe after deportation

Author: St. Louis Public Radio April 21, 2026 Duration: 26:10
When Owen Ramsingh returned to the U.S. from visiting his father in the Netherlands, he expected to go home to Columbia, Missouri — where he’d lived for decades. Instead, he was detained at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport and ultimately deported over a drug charge from his teenage years, despite being a legal permanent resident. We talk with KBIA journalist Addison Zanger about Ramsingh’s life in mid-Missouri, how he and his family are coping with the changes and how he’s trying to forge a new life in the Netherlands.

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