Mohammed Nazir Paktyawal became the 12th person (at least) to die in ICE detention in the first three months of 2026, leaving behind a wife, six children, and a pending asylum case that will now never be resolved.

We highlight Paktyawal’s case because of the unique way that the Trump-Miller régime betrayed him. He came to the U.S. for safety after working with the military in his native Afghanistan. The operation that brought Paktyawal and his family to the U.S. was specifically designed to help protect Afghans who had aided the U.S. from retaliation when the Taliban took over. The racism, Islamophobia and xenophobia of the current régime and ICE/DHS runs so deep that Trump, Stephen Miller and company are flagrantly betraying their own allies in their attempt at ethnic cleansing.

(Taken from an email sent to me by Never Again Action.)