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Indian Detainees In U.S. End Hunger Strike
Most of the protestors had entered the U.S. last June and July through the Columbus, New Mexico port of entry, where they were detained and transferred to the centre in El Paso.
According to NAPA, the vast majority of them are from the Doaba region of Punjab, and a few from Malwa and Haryana in northern India.
El Paso Times said Dallas-based attorney John Lawit, who represents some of the men, had told it in a previous interview that the men, between the ages of 22 and 27, were active in a Sikh minority political party in India and were targeted for violent attacks.
Reports of violence to local police led to threats of arrest.
All the men had submitted documentation of relatives living in the U.S. who are either citizens or permanent residents, according to the newspaper.
The daily cited ICE officials as saying that the Indian immigrants who went on hunger strike are still at the centre pending a court date with an immigration judge, who will decide if they can remain in the U.S.
NAPA executive director Satnam Singh Chahal said the association will fight for all of them to stay in the country.
The Sikh Coalition has joined hands with us and we are trying our best to get parole for all the detainees, he said in a statement.
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Source: IANS
