Judge orders Iraqi man released after long detention

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge in Minnesota has ordered an Iraqi man released from immigration custody until there’s a final order to remove him from the U.S.
District Judge David Doty ordered Monday that 35-year-old Farass Adnan Ali be released within 30 days. Ali has been in custody on immigration charges for 18 months.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials allege that when completing immigration forms, Ali concealed his service in the Saddam Hussein regime’s elit