Afghan man who helped the U.S. fight the Taliban ordered released from ICE detention in Missouri

In The Beacon’s report, immigration attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford wins a federal court order releasing Mohammad Ali Dadfar, an Afghan asylum seeker held in Missouri after what the judge found was a warrantless arrest and the termination of parole without a hearing or written notice. The ruling spotlights how immigration detention can be “administrative” while still […]
Afghan asylum seeker who fought the Taliban jailed

In a Springfield News-Leader report, immigration attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford challenges the warrantless arrest and detention of Afghan asylum seeker Mohammad Ali Dadfar—a former Afghan army security officer who aided U.S. forces and now fears being sent back to Afghanistan. Sharma-Crawford calls the continued due-process denials “un-American” as the case tests enforcement limits under the 2022 […]