<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A blind refugee detained by </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/shooting-involving-border-patrol-officers-us-mexico-border-arizona/9ffe68a2-a2c5-471e-8301-a88b8aa5ab81" rel="" target="" title="US border patrol"><span>US border patrol</span></a><span> has died on the street after he was released 8km from his home in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/winter-storm-death-toll-rises-to-27-in-the-buffalo-new-york-area-as-residents-remain-trapped-under-feet-of-snow/660f5a0f-213b-4641-b981-af712969053c" rel="" target="" title="sub-zero temperatures"><span>sub-zero temperatures</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Nurul Amin Shah Alam was found dead on a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/buffalo-supermarket-gunman-charged-with-federal-hate-crimes/5a70ed76-5bf3-4f23-8c7d-23a7aba2bcdb" rel="" target="" title="street in Buffalo"><span>street in Buffalo</span></a><span> on Tuesday at 8.30pm.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>At the time, temperatures in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/buffalo-supermarket-gunman-charged-with-federal-hate-crimes/5a70ed76-5bf3-4f23-8c7d-23a7aba2bcdb" rel="" target="" title="upstate New York city"><span>upstate New York city</span></a><span> were approximately -6 degrees.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/cuba-military-attack-us-registered-boat-kill-four-people/4a13e634-666d-4368-a533-961b1aeae555"><strong><span>Vance, Rubio respond after Cuban forces kill four on boat with US plates</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A medical examination ruled out exposure or homicide as causes of death.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alam, who spoke little English, had been declared missing by his family two days earlier.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alam had been taken into Border Patrol custody last Thursday after leaving the custody of the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/buffalo-shooting-mass-shooting-at-buffalo-supermarket-was-a-racist-hate-crime-police-say/6ab6bd90-ac4c-40f2-b67d-b560296bfe75" rel="" target="" title="Erie County Sheriff"><span>Erie County Sheriff</span></a><span>'s Department.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/nurul-amin-shah-alam-buffalo-border-patrol-ice-usa-news/248a5cb5-56a4-4dd4-923e-efc9f84531ea" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Border Patrol said they dropped him at a coffee shop several hours later.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Border Patrol agents offered him a courtesy ride, which he chose to accept to a coffee shop, determined to be a warm, safe location near his last known address, rather than be released directly from the Border Patrol station," the federal agency said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He showed no signs of distress, mobility issues, or disabilities requiring special assistance."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/six-names-in-epstein-files-redacted--ro-khanna-thomas-massie-usa-news/5dca7843-114e-4188-89da-dbb1f291b6fa"><strong><span>Trump in the unredacted Epstein files 'a million times'</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But Alam's family had moved months earlier, and Border Patrol did not contact his family or his lawyer when releasing him.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is not apparent when Alam died between his release last Thursday and the discovery of his body on Tuesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alam had been arrested by Buffalo Police last February on assault, trespassing and weapons possession charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When getting lost on a walk, Alam ended up on the porch of a stranger who called the police.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When he did not drop the curtain rod he was using as a walking cane, police tasered him.</span></div></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px auto;max-width:440px;padding:0;width:99.375%"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DVMtbFkEd3H/"></a></blockquote></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Buffalo Mayor Sean Ryan said Alam's preventable death was "deeply disturbing and a dereliction of duty" by Border Patrol.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A vulnerable man — nearly blind and unable to speak English — was left alone on a cold winter night with no known attempt to leave him in a safe, secure location," Ryan said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That decision from US Customs and Border Protection was unprofessional and inhumane.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"US Customs and Border Protection must answer for how and why this happened."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Alam had lived in Buffalo for 15 months after coming to the USA as a Rohingya refugee from Burma. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He is survived by his wife and two sons.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a 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