Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal served with U.S. forces in Afghanistan and legally evacuated the country, then died within a day of being taken into ICE custody, according to his family

An Afghan man who fought with U.S. forces and was legally evacuated to the U.S. after the fall of Kabul died this week within a day of being arrested by federal immigration officers in Texas, according to his family.

The reported death would be at least the 24th in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this fiscal year, which began in October. The administration is on track for the deadliest year in ICE detention in more than two decades.

Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, was preparing to drive his kids to school in the Dallas area on Friday when agents in unmarked vehicles allegedly surrounded him and arrested him in front of his children.

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    3 days ago

    What a sad story, and what is also sad is how Americans keep accepting that USA has become the exact thing they used to fight against!

    I know that there are protests, but still this is allowed to continue to happen, and it is ONLY possible because the people allow it!
    So although there are good Americans that are against it, the vast majority don’t care enough to actually prevent it.

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      3 days ago

      The USA has pretty much always been like this. The government has just stopped pretending that it’s not.