Overview

• Sayed Naser, who served as a U.S. military interpreter in Afghanistan, was handcuffed by ICE agents after a master calendar asylum hearing in San Diego on June 12.
• DHS attorneys filed a motion to dismiss his case on the grounds that his notice to appear was “improvidently issued” without specifying any error.
• His lawyer, Brian McGoldrick, has filed a brief contesting the improvidence claim and is preparing to defend Naser’s pending asylum and Special Immigrant Visa applications.
• The judge granted McGoldrick 10 days to oppose the motion, with Naser held at Otay Mesa Detention Center pending the court’s ruling.
• Advocates say the case highlights ICE’s intensified court enforcement aimed at detaining up to 3,000 immigrants daily and raising concerns for Afghan allies.