[4] According to court documents, Guzman was born in Los Angeles, California, to Maria Carbajal, a citizen of Mexico and a lawful permanent resident of the United States.
During custody, a sheriff's department employee erroneously reported him to the ICE as a non-citizen, despite both departmental records and a statement Guzman made at booking identifying him as a US citizen.
She traveled to Tijuana and spent several days in the area looking for him, cooking for workers in a banana warehouse in exchange for shelter in a back room there.
[2] In a House of Representatives subcommittee hearing, Deputy Director Gary E. Mead of the Office of Detention and Removal Operations at ICE said that out of roughly 280,000 people deported in 2007, "only one was a US citizen".
"[10] Mead said the ICE is "reviewing its policies and procedures to determine if even greater safeguards can be put in place to prevent the rare instance where this event occurs" and that the process will be completed by May 13, 2008 (90 days from the February 13 hearing).
The Guzman Carbajal Qualified Settlement Fund shall be governed by the provisions of the regulations that accompany section 468B of Title 26 of the United States Code.
The Court retains continuing jurisdiction over the Guzman Carbajal Qualified Settlement Fund and over its Administrator Somnath Raj Chatterjee.