{"id":16823,"date":"2025-04-01T19:03:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/immigration-officials-detain-former-taliban-ambassador-to-spain\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T19:03:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T19:03:16","slug":"immigration-officials-detain-former-taliban-ambassador-to-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/immigration-officials-detain-former-taliban-ambassador-to-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigration Officials Detain Former Taliban Ambassador to Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Taliban\u2019s former ambassador to Spain was detained by U.S. immigration officials while entering the United States on Saturday, and remained in custody after a federal judge declined to order his release on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The former Afghan diplomat, Mohammad Rahim Wahidi, was detained at Washington Dulles International Airport under what his lawyer described as a weaponization of part of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the law, the secretary of state can deport a noncitizen determined to be a national security risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Wahidi is a lawful permanent resident and his wife, Mary Shakeri-Wahidi, is a U.S. citizen, according to a court filing from his lawyer, Hassan Ahmad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Trump administration has recently cited <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/01\/us\/trump-deportations-students-campus-protests.html\" title=\"\">similar legal justifications<\/a> for canceling the visas of hundreds of students whose participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations has appeared to become grounds for detention and deportation. In targeting student activists such as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/16\/nyregion\/mahmoud-khalil-columbia-university.html\" title=\"\">Mahmoud Khalil<\/a>, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/26\/us\/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html\" title=\"\">Rumeysa Ozturk<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/01\/us\/politics\/cornell-student-momodou-taal.html\" title=\"\">Momodou Taal<\/a> for deportation, the administration has tried to link their protests against Israel to \u201cadverse foreign policy consequences\u201d that would justify their removal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Wahidi\u2019s case appears to be different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">According to the filing asking for his release, Mr. Wahidi\u2019s brother-in-law is wanted by the United States in connection with a plot to assassinate an Iranian journalist that the Justice Department detailed in a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/archives\/opa\/pr\/justice-department-announces-murder-hire-and-related-charges-against-irgc-asset-and-two\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Wahidi was stripped of his title in Spain over accusations of sexual assault during his time there, but criminal charges were never filed against him and he was allowed to leave the country, according to the filing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Upon returning to the United States on a Turkish Airlines flight on Saturday, Mr. Wahidi was detained for more than 30 hours without access to a lawyer, according to the filing. He was then interrogated by \u201can unclear number of officers\u201d who appeared to be from the F.B.I., Mr. Ahmad wrote in the petition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Ahmad has also represented <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/19\/us\/politics\/georgetown-suri-detained.html\" title=\"\">Badar Khan Suri<\/a>, a postdoctoral student at Georgetown University who was targeted for deportation over his involvement in campus protests there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">After Mr. Wahidi\u2019s petition was filed, Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia blocked the government from transferring Mr. Wahidi out of the area. In cases involving the student activists, people have routinely been moved to Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in Louisiana, hundreds of miles from where they were initially arrested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Neither Mr. Ahmad nor a spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection responded to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Judge Brinkema <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.vaed.571036\/gov.uscourts.vaed.571036.4.0.pdf\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">declined to immediately order Mr. Wahidi\u2019s release<\/a>, saying that \u201cat this point the court cannot offer any relief.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While the case proceeds, she ordered the government to \u201ccomply with C.B.P. short-term detention standards\u201d and not to restrict Mr. Wahidi from speaking to a lawyer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/01\/us\/politics\/taliban-ambassador-detained.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taliban\u2019s former ambassador to Spain was detained by U.S. immigration officials while entering the 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