Asylum seeker claims he has been jailed illegally by Iowa ICE agents

States Newsroom · November 12, 2026

An asylum seeker from India alleges he was in the United States legally for three years before being picked up and illegally jailed in Iowa by ICE agents. In a lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, Charanpreet Singh, 32, is suing the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, U.S…

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