Digging In: Trump admin tries to deport longtime Indiana businessman suffering from a brain tumor

Federal authorities want to deport an Indiana resident who has a green card, which grants permanent residency in the U.S. They kept him in custody after a judge said he could be released on bond.

Paramjit Singh, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is behind bars in Northern Kentucky at the Kenton County Detention Center. His eyesight is deteriorating due to a brain tumor while the U.S. Department of Homeland Security tries to kick him out of the country.

Singh moved to America from India decades ago. A former journalist for Louisville Public Media, Divya Karthikeyan, reported on the federal government’s case against Singh for The Intercept, a national publication.

As part of their case, federal authorities have claimed he has a past conviction for forgery. But Karthikeyan’s reporting found a lack of evidence for that.

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