GREAT FALLS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement last month arrested a Great Falls man with British citizenship who has lived in Montana for 11 years and is expecting a child with his fiancée.

A federal judge has barred ICE from transferring 26-year-old Dakota Wheeler out of Montana, at least temporarily. The immigration agency is challenging the order.

On November 5, ICE agents arrested Wheeler at a downtown senior living home where he worked. The agency stated that Wheeler overstayed a 90-day visa waiver that was granted in 2015.

The Daily Montanan was first to report Wheeler’s arrest. The outlet detailed Wheeler’s attempts to gain citizenship since first coming to the United States as a teenager with his mother.

The article said Wheeler couldn’t afford the $10,000 required t

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