North Carolina worker faces deportation after wrong turn into Fort Bragg

By: Ahmed Jallow

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: March 17, 2026

Words: 409

Last Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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For 26 years, Luis Alonso Delgadillo Perez has called the United States home. A wrong turn onto an Army base may now cost him that.

He was driving back home to Chapel Hill from a flooring job when his GPS routed him toward a gate at Fort Bragg. Guards asked for proof of citizenship, his family said, and within an hour, he was in custody.

“He accidentally entered, and they immediately asked for federal documents, …

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