Cork man facing deportation has until Friday to leave US or face up to four years in jail

Greg Byrne said that his brother has until Friday to sign documentation that would give him a passport to leave the country, but ban him from entering the US for five years.

Keith Byrne's brother, Greg, said Keith called him yesterday from Pike County detention centre and that an ICE official presented him with a deal.

Keith, 37, from Fermoy in Co Cork, moved to the US in 2007. He married Keran in 2009 and the couple have two children – Leona, 6, and Gabriel, 4. He is also stepfather to Mrs Byrne’s 13-year-old son Ezra, his family said.