THAN A 51 VOTE THRESHOLD. REID: I’M REID BINION REPORTING. TEO: WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A CASE THE KCRA 3 INVESTIGATES TEAM HAS BEEN FOLLOWING FOR YEARS. OMAR AMEEN HAS NOW FILED A PETITION THAT CHALLENGESHE T LE NGTH OF TIME HE’S BEEN IN JAIL. THE IRAQI REFUGEE BEAT EXTRADITION AND IS NOW FACING DEPORTATION. HE’S BEEN IN A JAIL SINCE HE WAS ARRESTED NEARLY FOUR YEARS A.GO HERE IS SOME OF THE BACKGROUND FOR YOU. A SACRAMENTO FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERED AMEEN TO BE RELEAS,ED AFTER FINDING FEDERAL PROSECUTORS COULDN’T PROVE ALLEGATIS ONOF TERRORISM. AT THAT POINT, HIS CASE SHIFTED TO IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, OR ICE. HOMELAND SECURITY BEGAN DEPORTATION PROCEEDIS,NG CLAIMING HE LIED ON HIS REFUGEE APPLICATION. AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE FOUND THERE WAS EVIDENCE AMEEN LIED, BUT NO EVIDENCE HE TOOK PART IN TERRORISM. THE JUDGE ALSO RULED THAT AMEEN SHOULD STILL BE DETAINED BECAUSE OF A POSSIBLE THREAT OF VIOLENCE OR THAT HE MIGHT FE.LE THAT BRINGS US TO THE NEW PETITI
Sacramento resident Omar Ameen files writ of habeas corpus, challenging detainment
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Updated: 8:37 AM PST Jan 11, 2022
Omar Ameen, the Sacramento resident who beat extradition and is facing deportation, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus — a case that challenges his detainment in jail.Ameen has been in jail since his arrest nearly four years ago. He was arrested under allegations from the Iraqi government that he had murdered a police officer as a member of the Islamic State, and they wanted him extradited.A Sacramento federal judge said the Iraqi and U.S. case for terrorism was problematic and ordered him released.Ameen was then taken into custody by ICE, and homeland security began deportation proceedings, claiming he lied on his refugee applications.While an immigration judge found there was evidence of his having lied, there was no evidence he took part in terrorism. | MORE | Judge: Sacramento refugee Omar Ameen can be removed from US for lying on applicationYet the judge said they would continue to hold Ameed, claiming the possible threat of violence or that he might flee.The petition claims his detention, given there is no evidence of terrorist activity, is a violation of due process.
Omar Ameen, the Sacramento resident who beat extradition and is facing deportation, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus — a case that challenges his detainment in jail.
Ameen has been in jail since his arrest nearly four years ago. He was arrested under allegations from the Iraqi government that he had murdered a police officer as a member of the Islamic State, and they wanted him extradited.
A Sacramento federal judge said the Iraqi and U.S. case for terrorism was problematic and ordered him released.
Ameen was then taken into custody by ICE, and homeland security began deportation proceedings, claiming he lied on his refugee applications.
While an immigration judge found there was evidence of his having lied, there was no evidence he took part in terrorism.
| MORE | Judge: Sacramento refugee Omar Ameen can be removed from US for lying on application
Yet the judge said they would continue to hold Ameed, claiming the possible threat of violence or that he might flee.
The petition claims his detention, given there is no evidence of terrorist activity, is a violation of due process.
