Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Ahmed Nenni, a 29-year-old Muslim truck driver from Mauritania, in Indiana. He had a pending asylum application and a Green Card application through marriage. immigration.

According to his wife, Elizabeth Nenni, a 24-year-old US citizen, who spoke to Newsweek, the man was arrested on October 16 while making a routine delivery at a weigh station in northern Indiana.

State Police and ICE agents intercepted him during an inspection. "His record is clean. He has never had a criminal record and was a taxpayer," Elizabeth said.

For its part, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed that Ahmed entered the country illegally on September 15, 2023, through San Diego, and that he was released under supervision while his asylum case was being resolved.

He also has an I-130 petition based on marriage, which is the first step toward permanent residency (Green Card). His immigration court hearing was scheduled for 2027 in New York.

The Muslim immigrant accepted voluntary deportation

Given the situation and the harsh detention conditions, Ahmed decided to accept voluntary deportation, his wife explained. "He just accepted voluntary deportation; the lawyer said it was our best option. We are waiting to find out when he will leave," she stated.

Elizabeth also accused the system of forcing detainees to give up: "I think they do everything they can to make the living conditions so terrible that detainees have no choice but to self-deport."

While awaiting her husband's release, the young American woman says she lives in constant anguish. "I am beyond stressed and anxious. I just want my life to go back to normal and to have my husband back. I cry every day about our situation," she said. “They handcuffed him and treated him like a criminal.” Elizabeth recounted that after the arrest, Her husband was handcuffed, shackled hand and foot, and initially taken to an ICE facility in Chicago before being transferred to the Joe Corley Processing Center in Conroe, Texas."An ICE agent asked him if he had ever been handcuffed before, and Ahmed said, 'No, never.' And the agent replied, 'Now you're not a virgin anymore,'” his wife recounted. She also reported that Ahmed was denied access to the bathroom and water during the flight to Houston. “They haven't treated him like a human being,” Elizabeth said sarcastically, noting that her husband, for religious reasons, has had to skip several meals because the center serves him pork products.

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