Anger over ICE detention of UB researcher

Officials, including Tim Kennedy, Mark Poloncarz and Sean Ryan, condemn the arrest of Shovgi Huseynov. The research scientist was seized last week by federal immigration enforcement agents even though he appears to be in the country legally.

Outrage over the ICE detention of a University at Buffalo medical researcher — Shovgi Huseynov — is reverberating around Western New York, with one lawmaker calling for the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

“This incident is part of a disturbing pattern of lawless and unconstitutional conduct at the Department of Homeland Security, under the leadership of Secretary Noem, and it underscores why she must resign or be impeached immediately,” Rep. Tim Kennedy, D-Buffalo, said in a statement…

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