by Victor Maung | Apr 2, 2026 | CBP, ICE, immigration, News, Rohingya
It has been more than a month since the body of a disabled Rohingya refugee was found on a Buffalo, New York, street five days after his release from Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. Friends and family members, along with local immigrant communities and elected officials across the state, are demanding answers. The death of 56-year-old Nurul Amin Shah Alam has shaken Buffalo’s…
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by Julia Conley | Feb 28, 2026 | Border Patrol, CBP, Disability, ICE, immigration, News, Rohingya
The latest chapter in what one historian called “the ongoing horror story of American immigration enforcement” unfolded in Buffalo, New York this week after Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a 56-year-old Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, was released from a county jail where he’d been held for a year. As Buffalo-based outlet the Investigative Post reported Wednesday, the nearly blind man was found dead on…
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