US EditionFederal Judge Releases Disabled WA Veteran From ICE Custody
Judge Estudillo ruled Chaudhry's detention unlawful due to procedural errors and a 2020 stay of removal; medical neglect at the center raised serious concerns.
- On December 22, U.S. District Chief Judge David G. Estudillo ordered Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry freed from ICE custody at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, ruling the detention unlawful.
- Judge Estudillo found that the release was based on the lack of process before Chaudhry's detention, citing Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions on similar constitutional violations and a 2020 stay of removal.
- Arrested at a citizenship interview on Aug. 21, Chaudhry was taken into ICE custody at the Tukwila U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office and advocates say he suffered four months without ophthalmologic care for thyroid eye disease.
- The government's attorney apologized to Melissa Chaudhry and the court, and by around 3 p.m. Monday Chaudhry was released and reunited with his wife as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals review is expected in January.
- The case highlights broader debates over detaining immigrant U.S. veterans amid documented health violations at the Tacoma detention center and increased Department of Homeland Security enforcement practices.
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KIRO hosts denounces ICE as veteran released after months in detention
Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a veteran and father to two young children, was released from the Northwest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center in Tacoma this week after being held there since August, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-WA). KIRO host Ursula Reutin criticized ICE over the arrest of Chaudhry. “It’s unnecessary. It’s unlawful,” she said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio. …
Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry served in the U.S. Army before suffering injury that caused damage to his back and neck
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Federal judge releases disabled Washington veteran from ICE custody
A federal judge on Monday morning ordered the immediate release of a disabled U.S. Army veteran who has been held at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma since August.
Zahid Chaudhry to Be Released from ICE Detention
Zahid was released around 3 p.m. this afternoon. "I mean, if it can happen to a decorated us veteran like me, who’s safe?,” he says. by Micah Yip Muhammad Zahid Chaudhry, a Pakistan-born US army veteran and husband of a former Washington congressional candidate, has been released from ICE detention. After more than three months in the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma, Chaudhry was ordered by US District Court Judge David G. Estudillo to be f…
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