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(RNS) — A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security said conservative Christian blogger and podcaster Samuel Sey will be deported. But Sey’s supporters say a clerical error led to the arrest and hope he will soon be released.

Sey, who lives in Ohio, was arrested at the Columbus International Airport on Wednesday, October 21, and is being held at the Butler County Jail in Hamilton, Ohio.

“Sey has no pending applications and accepted voluntary departure,” DHS told RNS in an email. “He will remain in ICE custody until removed from the United States.”

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DHS claimed the 39-year-old Sey, who is originally from Ghana but grew up in Canada, entered the country in 2022 but overstayed by four years.…