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ICE Arrests Kosovo-Born Blerim Skoro, Starts Deportation Proceedings

8/20/2026

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Kosovo-born Blerim Skoro, triggering deportation proceedings.
Skoro alleges the CIA recruited him a day after September 11 while serving a drug sentence.
He claims he gave intelligence on Osama Bin Laden, the Millennium Plot cellmate, and Faysal Galab.
He says U.S. officials promised safety but deported him in 2007 despite his American spouse.
From New Jersey’s Elizabeth Detention Center, Skoro warns that returning to Kosovo would endanger life.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Kosovo-born Blerim Skoro, triggering deportation proceedings.
Skoro alleges the CIA recruited him a day after September 11 while serving a drug sentence.
He claims he gave intelligence on Osama Bin Laden, the Millennium Plot cellmate, and Faysal Galab.
He says U.S. officials promised safety but deported him in 2007 despite his American spouse.
From New Jersey’s Elizabeth Detention Center, Skoro warns that returning to Kosovo would endanger life.