U.S. Immigration Officials Tell PA Native To Leave The Country

PENNSYLVANIA — Federal authorities have instructed a Pennsylvania native who is now a Connecticut physician to leave the country.

Lisa Anderson, 58, a doctor in Cromwell, Connecticut, told NBC Connecticut on Wednesday that she has received a Department of Homeland Security letter instructing her "It is time for you to leave the United States."

Anderson is, and always has been, a United States citizen.

Homeland Security officials told NBC that the department has been issuing notices to undocumented citizens, and “if a non-personal email—such as an American citizen contact—was provided by the alien, notices may have been sent to unintended recipients."

Such emails have been going out as part of President Donald Trump's mass deportation effort. They have been sent to non-U.S. citizens and people who entered the country legally.

Anderson said she has begun carrying her passport with her at all times as evidence of her citizenship and is looking to hire an attorney in the event agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement attempt to apprehend her.

Anderson's situation is not unique.

WCVB-TV in Boston reported on Sunday that Nicole Micheroni, an immigration attorney and Boston native, received an emailed letter from the Department of Homeland Security instructing her to self-deport within seven days.

"Do not attempt to remain in the United States. The federal government will find you," the email stated. "Please depart the United States immediately."

Micheroni told the station she feels fortunate to have a U.S. passport and birth certificate.