An American citizen born and raised in California is unsettled after receiving an e-mail from the US Department of Homeland Security ordering him to leave the country “immediately.”

Aldo Martinez-Gomez received the DHS notice on April 11, threatening “criminal prosecution” and fines if he does not depart within seven days.

Martinez-Gomez works full-time assisting immigrants in court for a non-profit and believes his advocacy work may have placed him on the government’s radar.

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    4 hours ago

    The point of the pepperball gun being? You know they’ll shoot you dead when they spot it, right?

    Might as well be carrying the real thing instead.

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        3 hours ago

        Fair enough but in that case maybe don’t carry a gun at all. Like I said, it’s basically suicidal.

        Regardless of the current, evolving circumstances, law enforcement officers treat any gun as a deadly weapon. So they will shoot first & ask questions later.