JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – An Afghan man who was given asylum in the U.S. was again taken into custody this month after being convicted back in 2024, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
In a release last week, federal officials announced that the man — identified as Basir Ahmad Safi, 44 — had been granted asylum in 2021 during Operation Allies Welcome, which aimed to help safely resettle vulnerable Afghans who worked alongside U.S. forces in the region.
However, Safi was arrested in September 2023 by the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office on charges of lewd/lascivious exhibition, soliciting a child via computer, unlawful use of a two-way communications device, and child abuse…