Brian José Morales García was riding beside his boss through the Texas Hill Country, bound for an air-conditioning job near Fredericksburg, when a state trooper stopped their pickup truck. Over the next four days, the 25-year-old was shuttled through a succession of detention facilities. Along the way, his attorney said, he was stripped, shoved and threatened with years in prison. By April 7, he was aboard a #deportation flight to Mexico. The country sending him away was his own. Morales García was born in Denver, according to a copy of his birth certificate reviewed by USA TODAY. He is part of a long, largely uncounted history of U.S. citizens swallowed by the nation’s #immigration system. Read more about the broader issue at the link in our bio. 📸: Courtesy of Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch