U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee’s office mounted pressure on several federal agencies earlier this month leading up to Abdul Wasi Safi’s release on Tuesday.
Abdul Wasi Safi speaks at a Houston press conference on Friday following his release from a Texas detention center., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
His fear would subside, as the reality that the four months he spent incarcerated after attempting to claim asylum at the Texas border were behind him. It sunk in. He really was reunited with his brother, Sami-ullah Safi, a naturalized American citizen.The brothers’ reunification was made public Friday at a news conference hosted by U.S. Rep.
Wasi’s monthslong detention at the border caught national attention after The Texas Tribune first published his story. Various veterans and refugee advocates pressed federal officials to release Wasi. National news organizations, including Fox News, reported on Wasi’s case.Dan CrenshawAfter multiple starts, stops and shifts in legal teams, Wasi was expected to have his first criminal trial in February.
Jackson Lee’s office pressured multiple federal government agencies, including the Department of Justice and the Department of Defense, about Wasi’s situation.
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