Reuters: Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says

Kevin R. Johnson

Kevin R. Johnson

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Reuters: Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says

Deaths in immigration detention continue.

News today from the ICE website:

"Criminal illegal alien from Afghanistan with previous arrests for fraud and theft passes away at Texas hospital March 15, 2026|Detainee Death Notifications Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, a criminal illegal alien from Afghanistan, passed away March 14 at the Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Texas."

Reuters offers details. It reported that an ​Afghan immigrant who had worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan and sought asylum in the ‌United States died this weekend in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than 24 hours after being detained in Texas, a U.S. veteran-led advocacy group said yesterday.

Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal was living in a Dallas suburb with his wife and six children while his ​asylum case was pending. He was arrested by federal agents while taking his ​children to school, AfghanEvac president Shawn VanDiver said in a statement.

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