‘Heartbreaking and entirely preventable’: Chicago-area man dies after deportation, family attorney says

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<p>A Chicago area-man, who had no criminal record and suffered from multiple chronic health conditions, died shortly after a deportation flight to Pakistan, his lawyer says.</p><p>Sixty-one-year-old Ayaz Ahmed of Morton Grove was arrested in June by Immigration and Customs Enforcement and faced deportation for having an expired visa, said his attorney Hashim Siddique. Siddique said Ahmed’s family hired him to expedite his deportation because they feared his health would deteriorate in custody.</p><p>Ahmed needed a breathing device, nasal spray and medication for chronic conditions, according…

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