American millionaire to be deported
URL: http://www.jv.dk/artikel/1258098:Varde–Oksboel–Amerikansk-millionaer-skal-udvises-fra-Danmark
American Martin Lowenheim, 78, should leave Denmark tomorrow.
The former co-director of television series M * A * S * H has wealth an amount equivalent to four million dollars in two bank accounts in the U.S. and a U.S. pension plan.
Martin Lowenheim lives in Oksbøl and is married to Carol Jorgensen, originally American, but became a Danish citizen in 1988.
The reason for the deportation is that the couple had closer links with the U.S. than in Denmark.
According to the Immigration Service, the aging American is deported tomorrow Sunday 8 January, although he is financially independent.
Attorney Erik Astrup has appealed the decision to the Justice Minister Morten Bødskov (S), and Martin Lowenheim will not travel tomorrow as Immigration Service requires.
- As far as I can see, the matter is not dealt with by the Immigration Service. There is a standard letter, says Erik Astrup.
His reason is that that Martin Lowenheim is too ill to take a trip across the Atlantic. The American has a bad pancreas, and he is using a wheelchair.
MP Hans Christian Thoning (V), who himself lives in Oksbøl, has now investigated the matter. He will raise the issue with the government and the doubts that have been taken into account Martin Lowenheims health.
Carol Jorgensen is originally from the U.S. but has lived in Denmark since 1967. She is not sure she can emigrate back to America.
- I don’t want to. I am Danish says Carol Jorgensen.
