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Loved ones are rallying unneurotic to assistance a Southern California begetter who was detained by migration officials, leaving his large woman and 2 children alone.
Moe Rahman, 38, lives successful Orange County and has been joined to his woman for 10 years. He was calved successful Bangladesh and his household moved to the U.S. erstwhile helium was 4 years old.
His household arrived connected a visitor’s visa, and they were besides seeking asylum from their location state owed to governmental turmoil. In 1997, his household was ordered to beryllium deported. They filed an appeal, but were unsuccessful, and successful 2008, they were detained by officials.
Moe Rahman is seen with his wife, Ashanti Minor, and their children. (Ashanti Minor)
Moe Rahman is seen with his woman and their daughter. (Ashanti Minor)
Moe Rahman, (second from right), is seen with friends successful a idiosyncratic photo.
The Adelanto ICE processing halfway successful Adelanto, San Bernardino County, California. (KTLA)
Moe Rahman, (third from left), is seen with friends successful a idiosyncratic photo.
Moe Rahman, (third from left), is seen with friends successful a idiosyncratic photo.
After warring to enactment successful the U.S., they were released nether supervision with required regular check-ins with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Over the years, Rahman has attended each check-in appointment. He had been moving with a lawyer for years to get ineligible status.
On May 7, Rahman had a regular check-in assignment successful Santa Ana. However, alternatively of receiving an update connected his migration case, helium was detained by ICE and transferred to a installation successful Adelanto.
“That was astir apt the worst time of my life,” Ashanti Minor, Rahman’s wife, told KTLA’s Shelby Nelson. “I felt truthful helpless. We thought it was a precise tiny anticipation that helium would beryllium detained due to the fact that helium has nary transgression grounds and we were actively trying to set his status.”
Now, the young begetter is facing imaginable deportation. Friends and assemblage members are rallying unneurotic to find a solution.
“I don’t person immoderate beingness there,” Rahman said of his commencement country. “There’s nary location for me, nary family. I don’t talk the language. I don’t work it oregon constitute it, truthful I’d beryllium going backmost to nothing.”
Rahman’s friend, Juan Atachagua, said the young begetter was reportedly ne'er notified of his rights erstwhile they handcuffed him and took his cellphone and idiosyncratic belongings away.
“The treatment, unfortunately, is that we’re looked astatine arsenic criminals, which is unfortunate due to the fact that immigrants aren’t criminals,” Rahman said. “We’re conscionable present to set our status.”
“He’s dependable, lovable and he’s a household guy," said Sahar Ghaemi, Rahman’s puerility friend. "To spot him spell done thing similar this is devastating and frustrating."
Some of Rahman’s household members were capable to get ineligible status, truthful Rahman is hopeful helium tin get his lawsuit sorted retired without facing deportation.
Minor, who is large and has been near caring for her 2 children since her husband’s detainment, said she’s frustrated and frightened astir the future.
Having to uproot her full household to a overseas state that they cognize thing astir is her biggest fear.
“This is conscionable arsenic overmuch my state arsenic it is his,” Minor said. “We’ve been present the aforesaid magnitude of time.”
Rahman’s lawyer said they person filed a petition for an exigency enactment and are awaiting a effect from the Board of Immigration Appeals.
KTLA reached retired to ICE officials for details oregon remark connected Rahman’s case, but was told they person nary updates to stock astatine this time.
