Texas is probably not the first place someone might look for a former IRA militant. But here you have it.

By Christopher Sherman
Associated Press Writer
RAYMONDVILLE, Tex.(AP) –A former IRA militant and escaped political prisoner who has lived in immigration limbo for 25 years in California may see it all unravel from inside a South Texas federal detention center.
Pol Brennan, convicted member of the Irish Republican Army and escapee from a notorious prison outside Belfast, was nabbed with an expired work permit in South Texas in January. He has been detained ever since, awaiting a hearing Wednesday and Thursday on whether he’ll finally earn legal residency or be deported to Northern Ireland, where his wife says he’ll face retaliation.
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