Holding Pattern

photo: Filip Kwiatkowski

Narinder Singh spent more than five years locked up in federal detention centers, and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency still hasn't resolved his case.

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Meanwhile, Singh's deportation and permanent-resident cases continue to grind on at a glacial pace. Last month, Singh received notice from the Board of Immigration Appeals that someone had misplaced his deportation file. They'll try to find it, the letter said, but they might just have to start the entire deportation proceeding—the Stokes interview, the examination of the family's financial records—all over again.

Almost six years later, Narinder Singh's nightmare may be about to return.