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His family fled Afghanistan facing threats for supporting US troops. Now he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back

Lal, evacuated during Operation Allies Refuge, faces deportation after policy tightened post-November shooting that halted Afghan immigration processing, affecting 80,000 Afghans, officials said.

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By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — When Said Noor, a US Army veteran, picked up a phone call on December 2, he immediately knew something was wrong. His brother Lal was in Laredo, Texas, several hours west of their home in Austin, nervously explaining that the commercial truck he drove had been stopped at a Customs and Border Protection checkpoint. When the agents asked if he was a US citizen, Lal, 28, answered honestly: He isn’t. He, his mother and …

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His family fled Afghanistan facing threats for supporting US troops. Now he sits in ICE custody at risk of being sent back

When Said Noor, a US Army veteran, picked up a phone call on December 2, he immediately knew something was wrong.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Friday, February 13, 2026.
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