Assemblyman Jon Rivera is calling for the Erie County Legislature to hold a hearing on how the Erie County Sheriff’s Office handled the case of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Rohingya refugee who was found dead after being released from custody.
Last month, Shah Alam was released from a holding center after being held on assault charges for a year. Border Patrol had an immigration detainer on him. As he was being processed to leave, the Sheriff’s Office alerted Border Patrol of his release, and agents picked him up.
Border Patrol then realized Shah Alam was not eligible to be deported. Agents dropped him off outside a closed Tim Hortons in Riverside. Five days later, he was found dead near Key Bank Center…