![Photo of three adults and a baby, everyone wearing blue—Samuel, his cousin Pam holding daughter Saharan, and Samilia in 2022 in Freetown, Sierra Leone.](https://theappeal.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG-20221224-WA0007-1200x900.webp)
He Rebuilt His Life After Prison. Then He Was Deported for a 23-Year-Old Drug Conviction.
Samuel Anthony moved away from Sierra Leone at six years old. That didn’t stop the U.S. from deporting him to a country where he doesn’t know anyone and doesn’t speak the most common language.