British immigrant facing deportation for 1994 felony conviction

NEWPORT NEWS --  A British immigrant in the U.S. for 25 years is facing deportation.

Daniel Bowman sits in jail for what he calls a bad mistake he made in May 1994, when he, at age 20, and another man stole a car radio from a woman in Newport News.

He pleaded guilty, served five years probation, and has not been in trouble since.

But his past came back to haunt the 35-year-old on July 30, when he tried to renew his green card. After an hour wait, an officer took him away in handcuffs.

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"I just couldn't believe it. I thought okay, maybe they're just trying to shake me up, maybe there is a mix-up in the paperwork," he first thought. “He said I was convicted of a felony in 1994, which is grounds for deportation.”

Bowman was seven in 1980 when he came here from Liverpool, England. His son is six years old and he says he has a hard time explaining why he's behind bars.

Now, he waits for immigration officials to decide what will happen next.