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Coldwater

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Fri Dec 12, 2025, 10:57 AM Dec 12

US Army veteran born in Jamaica, living in US for 50 years, jailed by ICE [View all]

after not using turn signal

It’s been 50 years since Godfrey Wade arrived to the United States from Jamaica at the age of 15 with his mother, moving to New York with a green card that granted him permanent residency.

The Black man enlisted in the U.S. Army a few years later, spending eight years in the service, where he was primarily stationed in Germany before he received an honorable discharge. He then began a civilian life in Georgia while raising a family, working as a fashion designer, master tailor, tennis coach and chef over the years while staying out of trouble.

That is, until September, when he was pulled over in Conyers, Georgia, for failing to use a turn signal, which was when police discovered he was driving without a license and arrested him.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/i-shed-my-blood-for-this-country-us-army-veteran-born-in-jamaica-living-in-us-for-50-years-jailed-by-ice-after-not-using-turn-signal/ar-AA1Sbrkt?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=693c34bbde6e4046b486421d6ee44c60&ei=14

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