The Times of San Diego reports that an Afghan national, who says he worked in a dangerous part of Afghanistan with the U.S. military, was detained at the San Diego Immigration Court Thursday after attending a routine hearing.
He was at the courthouse for a master calendar hearing — the first stage of a removal proceeding in immigration court. Not attending a master calendar hearing is grounds for deportation.
The federal government made a motion to dismiss his case, according to his attorney Brian McGoldrick. The motion was not granted by the judge, who instead scheduled a merits hearing — or the main hearing in which the government and respondents present their arguments for or against being deported — for a few months from now…