Afghan asylum-seeker dies after less than 24 hours in ICE custody
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An Afghan immigrant who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan died less than 24 hours after being detained in Texas by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a U.S. advocacy group and a family friend said Sunday
An Afghan immigrant who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan died less than 24 hours after being detained in Texas by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a U.S. advocacy group and a family friend said Sunday.
Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, died of unknown causes Saturday, a day after he was taken into custody outside his apartment complex in the Dallas suburb of Richardson.
In a statement Sunday, ICE described Paktyawal as a “criminal illegal alien from Afghanistan” and said his death was under investigation.
Paktyawal, a father of six who had applied for U.S. asylum, was about to take his children to school Friday morning when he was surrounded by masked men who drove up and put him in handcuffs, Rahmanullah Zazy, a family friend and leader in the local Afghan community, told NBC News in an interview.
“His kids started crying and yelling, you know, screaming,” Zazy said, leading Paktyawal’s wife to come out on the balcony and plead in vain with the agents not to take him away.
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