A forty-one-year-old father of six who spent a decade fighting alongside American special forces in

A forty-one-year-old father of six who spent a decade fighting alongside American special forces in Afghanistan is dead after less than twenty-four hours in ICE custody. 🚨 Mohammed Nazir Paktiawal was detained by ICE and reported shortness of breath and chest pain during his intake exam at a Dallas field office. He was taken to a hospital where his condition worsened overnight. By Saturday morning staff had to perform CPR, and he was pronounced dead at 9:10 a.m. His family says he was healthy and strong, and his children keep asking when their father will come home. The government immediately labeled him a criminal, pointing to an unresolved food stamp fraud charge and a misdemeanor accusation of not paying for groceries at Walmart. There were no convictions on either charge. An advocacy group responded that calling someone a criminal without a conviction while claiming there is no record of his service without checking interagency systems is damage control, not fact-finding. 📄 Paktiawal was brought to this country because he served the American mission in Afghanistan for a decade. He was working as a baker and supporting his family while his asylum case was pending. Deaths in ICE custody have surged under the current administration, with fourteen reported in just over three months. At the same time, ICE expanded its detained population from forty thousand to more than seventy thousand people. The news coming out of detention centers makes something clear: detention is not only traumatic, it can also be dangerous. ⚖️ If a loved one is detained, you need to act quickly. One of the most powerful tools right now can be a habeas corpus lawsuit in federal court to challenge the detention. If a loved one is detained, send the word “CONSULT” in a direct message so we can see if we may be able to help.