Near-blind refugee found dead in Buffalo after release by Border Patrol
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A refugee who was almost blind died on the downtown streets of Buffalo, New York, after the U.S. Border Patrol dropped him off at a coffee shop.
A nearly blind refugee from Myanmar missing since his release from a Buffalo jail into the custody of U.S. Border Patrol has been found dead on a downtown street, city authorities said on Wednesday.
Police officers in the upstate New York city located the body of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, on Tuesday evening, a Buffalo Police Department spokesperson said.
Shah Alam had been missing since Feb. 19, when U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off at a coffee shop miles from his home following his release from a county jail, where he had spent much of the last year awaiting trial on criminal charges that resulted in a misdemeanor plea deal.
Homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances of Shah Alam's death, the spokesperson said.
Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan, a Democrat, said in a statement Wednesday that Shah Alam's death was preventable and the result of "inhumane" decision-making by federal immigration authorities.
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