An Irishman who has lived in the US for more than two decades has delivered a harrowing account of life inside an American immigration detention centre, branding the ordeal 'a torture'. Seamus Culleton, originally from Glenmore in Co Kilkenny, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last September. This is despite him being married to an American citizen, running a plastering business in the Boston area, and having no criminal record - 'not even a parking ticket'. He was arrested on September 3, 2025, and transferred to an ICE facility in Texas, where he remains in custody while his immigration case winds through the US legal system. I mean the way they're being kept, and they're locked up, and he's only been allowed out a couple of times,' she said.

Source: Daily Mail February 10, 2026 13:35 UTC