America is a country as in United States of America. Citizenship is assigned to countries rather than continents. I don't care how it is twisted, Wint is not an American and ICE has placed a hold on him.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/7/dc-mansion-murders-darron-wint-flagged-for-deporta/
To you it's a country as in United States of America, because you are living here. That doesn't mean South America is not America. It has America right in its name.