Washington, June 9 -- Congressman Tim Kennedy issued the following press release:
Joined by House Democratic Caucus colleagues and advocates, Representative Tim Kennedy (NY-26) announced the introduction of the DHS Release Transparency Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9099). The legislation was introduced in the wake of the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee from Burma who was mostly blind, spoke little to no English, and had mobility issues. Shah Alam was released by DHS at a closed coffee shop in Buffalo, New York at night without notification to his family and without proper clothing for the Buffalo winter. Five days after his release, as his family, police, and volunteers desperately searched ...