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Amir's professor had to vouch for the fact that he was not a terrorist, and he was eventually released. Now on ICE's watch, he would get picked up again and again by the agency over the years. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 10, 2020 Hibernated

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After 9/11, he came under the government's radar. They detained Amir, suspicious of him because he was a Pakistani man researching bioluminescent bacteria. He and his first wife divorced while he was in detention. Amir no longer had legal standing, and his visa lapsed. — PolitiTweet.org

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During a two-year stint in detention in El Paso, Amir used the library to teach himself the law. He filed more than 200 legal actions for people he was detained alongside. — PolitiTweet.org

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