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LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A man who is fighting deportation from Kansas to his native Bangladesh acknowledges he made mistakes years ago while trying to stay in the U.S. and hopes immigration officials will let him remain in the country he calls home.

Syed Ahmed Jamal entered the U.S. legally in 1987 on a student visa. He said his troubles began in 2006, when he tried to switch from a work visa at Children's Mercy Hospital, where his research had been discontinued, to a student visa he needed to pursue a doctorate at the University of Kansas. The wait between visas created what he called "a gap" i...