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Man Deported to Uzbekistan After Filing Lawsuit Against ICE

A federal judge blocked Bakhodir Madjitov's deportation so he refused to get aboard a flight, so he sued ICE, which tried to deport him again

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Earlier this week, a New Yorker of Uzbek origin filed a lawsuit against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the agency allegedly beat and tazed him for refusing to board a plane to be deported, despite a federal judge blocking his removal. Late Monday night, three days after the suit was filed, ICE agents began deporting Bakhodir Madjitov, a home health aide and father of three U.S. citizen children. His attorney, Ahmed Mohamed of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, said he was informed Madjitov was put on a flight to Uzbekistan at midnight on Tuesday. His family said Madjitov had contracted COVID-19 in detention. Gothamist

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