Asylum seeker claims he has been jailed illegally by Iowa ICE agents

An asylum seeker from India alleges he was in the United States legally for three years before being picked up and illegally jailed in Iowa by ICE agents. In a lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Charanpreet Singh, 32, is suing the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin and U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche. Singh alleges he entered the United States without authorization in April 2018, was immediately apprehended and then was released by an immigration judge after posting a $17,000 bond. For the past eight years, Singh alleges, he has remained in the United States, established family ties, maintained employment, complied with all conditions of his release, and obeyed all laws while seeking asylum. On Oct.

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