Peanut the squirrel's former owner has been detained by ICE and could be deported

U.S. immigration officers detained Daniela Bittner, one of the former owners of Peanut the squirrel, in mid-October at a small airport near New York’s border with Pennsylvania. The Department of Homeland Security says she overstayed her welcome, and she is being held pending possible deportation to Germany. The case has renewed attention to the 2024 euthanizing of the couple’s pet squirrel by New York wildlife officers.