"We didn't think this would happen to someone complying with the processes that were told to him," said longtime friend Nikhil Delahaye. "We said we could take this moment and panic or really step up to see how we could help him." Mbock has no criminal history, has worked various retail jobs, and has been able to live his life openly as a gay man. Family and friends fear that if Mbock is returned to his native country of Cameroon, he could be targeted because of his sexuality. Under Cameroonian law, sexual relationships between people of the same sex are illegal and can carry prison time.
Mbock came to the United States as a child from Cameroon in 2002. Court documents show he had a long-standing removal order, "which resulted from a grant of voluntary departure in 2005." It was eventually converted to a removal order. Despite the removal order, family and friends say Mbock completed his yearly check-ins and was able to renew his work permit without any problems from ICE for decades.
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