A federal judge Jan. 23 dropped criminal charges against a former Afghan combat intelligence officer who was arrested and detained by U.S. Border Protection and Customs when seeking asylum in September 2022 at the border in Del Rio, Texas.
Abdul Wasi Safi, 26, worked with U.S. Special Forces before the U.S. removed its troops from Afghanistan in August 2021. His family and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Houston) had been working hard to free “Wasi,” as he is known, since his arrest.
Jackson Lee announced the news Jan. 24.
“Mr. Safi came across the Rio Grande with a group of migrants after being beaten in another country and desperate to find a way to reach America to see freedom,” Jackson Lee said in a statement. “Unfortunately, his entry was at a non-port of entry and Mr. Safi has been held ever since in detention facilities. What happened over the last couple of weeks was a strategic and forceful effort to bring all agencies together to make the right decision for Mr. Safi.”…}
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