Sayed Naser Noori, who asserts he served as a civilian interpreter for U.S. forces, was detained and placed in expedited removal after the Department of Homeland Security revoked his humanitarian parole.
Noori entered the United States through the San Ysidro Port of Entry on July 5, 2024, lacking a Special Immigrant Visa, lawful permanent resident status, or approved refugee status. A Customs and Border Protection officer granted him parole following a review of his background and documentation from Afghanistan.
In his asylum filings, Noori claimed employment as an interpreter for U.S. military operations from 2015 to 2018 and that he and his brothers operated a logistics company providing anti‑mining support to U.S. forces.
He alleged that Taliban fighters killed his brother and abducted his father during a family wedding in 2023, prompting his departure from Afghanistan. However, the court petition records a 2021 incident with no wedding detail, creating an unresolved discrepancy between the two accounts.
On April 11, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security revoked Noori’s humanitarian parole through an automated notification system. During a routine immigration court hearing on June 12, 2025, government counsel moved to dismiss his Notice to Appear, and Noori was immediately taken into custody and placed in expedited removal proceedings under 8 U.S.C. § 1225(b)(1).
Noori’s legal team contended that the dismissal of his Notice to Appear was an administrative action lacking a criminal basis and that the use of an automated notification system violated procedural safeguards required for parole termination.
On September 26, 2025, a federal judge ruled that DHS could not lawfully place Noori in expedited removal because his Section 240 proceedings had not been formally dismissed and that the parole revocation failed to meet notice requirements. The judge ordered Noori’s immediate release from detention, reinstated his humanitarian parole, and barred ICE from re‑detaining him without court approval.
The ruling did not grant permanent residency or asylum status. Noori remains in the United States under humanitarian parole while his asylum claim and Special Immigrant Visa application proceed through the normal administrative process.
