Trump Administration Denies Green Card to Muslim Man After Serving Him Pork While in Detention
A Muslim man who accused the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) officials of serving him pork during detention has been denied green card.
Adnan Asif Parveen’s American wife, Jennifer, received a letter from USCIS this week informing her that her husband's request was denied, HuffPost reports.
The letter was received a day after the publication published Parveen’s allegations of being served pork sandwiches for six days by Border Patrol officers.
Parveen was detained at a Border Patrol checkpoint in Falfurrias, Texas, on January 11th, two years after he made an application to adjust his immigration status based on his marriage to a US citizen.
The USCIS had not given him a decision on his application within the period and no explanation was given for the delay.
“I feel like it’s simply because he’s Muslim,”Jennifer, told HuffPost.
“All we have tried to do is be a family and be legal. Every step of the way has been completely complicated. It’s hard not to be discouraged.”
Border Patrol agents detained Parveen for six days despite holding a permit allowing him to work legally pending determination of his application for a green card.
Parveen claims that the agents served him a pork sandwich every eight hours, but had to refuse because he practices Islam. He says hunger pushed him to pick off the meat and eat the bread.
He also claims two Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials questioned him about his possible links to terrorism or anti-American sentiments at his mosque.
“I said, no, the mosque is where you go to pray,” he recounts.
US Customs and Border Protection and ICE declined to comment on the allegations.
Parveen is currently being detained at Port Isabel Detention Center in South Texas and could be deported.
US Representative Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) has written to the Department of Homeland Security to investigate the allegations and to explain why Parveen was detained despite holding a work permit.
There are claims that Parveen's religion may have played a role in the rejection of his green card application.
USCIS reportedly makes comprehensive scrutiny on citizenship, green card and visa applications from nationals of Muslim-majority countries, including Pakistan, where Parveen was born.
Jennifer received a letter dated February 28th from USCIS telling her that the agency had rejected her husband’s green card application.
The letter says that Parveen's application suffered from “significant adverse factors that show discretion should not be exercised in your favor." It also says that ICE ordered Parveen removed on January 17th and that he is currently detained in Port Isabel.
Parveen's lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit this seeking his release.
“I feel like I can’t give up on this,” Jennifer who plans to take legal action, says. “I can’t lose him.”
The two got married in 2016.
Comments (4)
hehehehe this Pork manenos wont work for this dude.To be given papers it's not a right but a privilege so usci has the right to denie u or give it to you if they think ur not genuine so stop payukaring n try again.Do you know many pple gets denied everyday???How i hope,wish n pray especially African continent could develop its countries juu we are still the richest continent in the world from gold,copper,iron,uranium,oil,cocoa,coal,rubber,cotum yet our leaders enjoined by the west continue to fack our countries n resources we have?????Sometimes i ask myself does God really exist coz if he did why does he allow countries to suffer,pple dying from bad leadership n control of the western world influence n dominance?????
Na kwenu Kenya mwapeana bure
@Mkenya halisi:
MWUMBAJI MKUU alipowapatia binadamu wote duniani AKILI, kazi yake ilimalizika kabisa.
Kama tungewacha kabisa kumsumbua MWUMBAJI MKUU kwa kwenda kanisani/misikitini na kuanza kutumia akili yetu kama mataifa mengine yanavyofanya, matatizo yetu yataanza kupungua.
In detention centers, you eat what they give you
If you don't like it, they have the commissory option...and plenty of soups and honey buns on the menu