CT Senator Tours ICE Facility Where Former U.S. Military Interpreter Held: ‘It Is Cruel and It Is Stupid’

Senator slams ICE detention of former interpreter for U.S. military

Sen. Richard Blumenthal joins The Lead

U.S. Sen. Blumenthal visits Conn. resident in ICE detention

Zia S., who was an interpreter helping the U.S. in Afghanistan, was arrested by ICE in Connecticut. (Photo courtesy of New Haven Independent)Connecticut’s U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal traveled to Plymouth, Massachusetts, on Wednesday to visit an Afghan man, known as “Zia S.”, who is being held in detention there by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Zia S., whose full name is not being used due to concerns about his safety, came to the U.…

Sen. Richard Blumenthal visits CT resident in ICE detention

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal traveled to Plymouth, Massachusetts on Wednesday to visit an Afghan man, known as “Zia S.”, who is being held in detention there by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Zia S., whose full name is not being used due to concerns about his safety, came to the U.S. through a preapproved process called humanitarian parole. He had served as an interpreter for U.S. Armed Forces in his native Afghanistan. Zia S. was det…

Members of Congress call Afghan interpreter's detention by ICE a 'betrayal'

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and Rep. Bill Keating expressed outrage at the treatment of a former Afghan interpreter for U.S. Armed Forces deployed against the Taliban, describing his arrest and detention by immigration authorities as a “betrayal.”

Blumenthal visits former Afghan interpreter detained by ICE

After visiting with a former Afghan interpreted who was detained by ICE, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Connecticut) once again called for the federal government to release the man. “It is just outrageous,” Blumenthal said after visiting a Plymouth, Massachusetts detention center on Wednesday. “I am so angry.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took the man, identified as Zia S., into custody...

CT senator tours ICE facility where former U.S. military interpreter held: ‘It is cruel and it is stupid’

A hearing has been scheduled in the case of an Afghan man who served as a interpreter for the U.S. military during the Afghanistan war and was seized by ICE agents July 16.