Through cries and tears, the family of Nurul Amin Shah Alam — the Rohingya refugee found dead on Wednesday after being abandoned by Border patrol agents — spoke at length about his life, struggles and untimely death on the streets of Buffalo.
Khaleda Shah, right, comforts Fatimah Abdul Roshid, center, wife of Nurul Shah Alam, along with her son, Mohamad Faisal Nurul Amin, left. Photo by J. Dale Shoemaker.
Last Thursday — the day that Nurul Amin Shah Alam was set to be released from jail — his son, friends of the family and other supporters waited for hours outside the Erie County Holding Center.
His wife, Fatimah Abdul Roshid, had prepared a meal for the family at their Broadway-Fillmore apartment for Iftar, the breaking of the daily Ramadan fast…