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Teary Trump voters regret after brother who fought with US Special Forces dies in ICE custody (www.themirror.com)
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cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/51862311

One Trump voter issued a tear-filled video regretting his decision to vote for the president after his brother, who served with U.S. special forces, died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

In a video posted to social media, Naseer Paktyawal tearfully recalled his brother's service to the country and the moment that ICE "kidnapped" him in front of his son, Imrin. ABC News initially posted the video.

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"I saw two cars unmarked. Seven, eight people jump out of those cars," Paktyawal said. "One on the driver's side, one on the back of his car, and grabbed him from his seat and put a handcuff on him."

Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal's son, Imrin, was also featured in the video and recalled witnessing his father's arrest. "I was standing there, and then they came and just take him," the boy said.

Imrin added that he was "standing there" as the agents hauled his father away. "I was like, just don't take him, please," Imrin recalled.

According to Paktyawal, he later received a call from an ICE facility. "I thought they were going to release him back," Imrin said.

"He said, 'Are you, Naseer?' That's me," Paktyawal said. "Your brother Mohamed Nasir Paktyawal passed away this morning and his body is laying down in a parking lot in the hospital."

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"My first vote was for this president, and I regret it, and I'm gonna regret it for the rest of my life," he added. "Because of me, because of my voting, He got arrested, and he lost his life. And I'm never going to forgive myself for that."

CNN reported that he was taken by ICE agents outside of his Dallas apartment and died less than a day after being in ICE custody. His family said that Mohammad had no known health conditions and had been seeking asylum in the U.S. since his arrival in 2021.

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[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

Sounds like they abducted him and murdered him and then dumped his body and they're not even trying to hide it.

By their Persian-sounding names, I'm assuming they're Afghani. It seems like this is one of the families the US brought out to protect them from the Taliban. People who worked with the US forces while they were there.

But his name was Mohamed. So clearly that's why ICE did this to him.

At least his brother has more self-awareness than most maga idiots whose family members get taken away or killed. This is the first time I remember reading anyone who voted for trump saying "I'll regret my vote for the rest of my life."

[-] mursejoy@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

https://www.tpr.org/news/2026-03-23/how-an-afghan-man-who-aided-u-s-military-forces-died-in-ice-custody-in-texas

You are correct, he served along side Americans starting in 2005 and was legally relocated here. He was legal to be in the country until 2029, but ICE officials refused to look at his documentation.

The ice.gov site also slanders his name calling him a felon, but when NPR ran his background check it came up clean.

Father of 6, healthy 41 yo male with no PMH. Suddenly dies of what sounds like a poisoning shortly after being in ICE custody.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 week ago

God damn, this makes me so mad

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