I say all the time here that I'm glad the Department of Homeland Security is so active on X, debunking horrific tales of ICE mistreatment. Someone is keeping an eye on the mainstream media and responding to fake news. As I reported back in February, the big scandal was that Border Patrol agents had abandoned a nearly blind refugee from Myanmar at a donut shop five miles from his home, and he died trying to walk home. You were supposed to infer that he died from hypothermia while trying to walk home, but the county medical examiner said his cause of death was health‑related. The refugee was being held on two counts of assault with intent to cause injury to an officer, a count of possession of a weapon, and trespassing, among other charges, before a plea deal was reached.
We have our next victim of ICE. Pablo Manríquez, editor of Migrant Insider, shares a similar story of a Haitian national who was abandoned by ICE and left to die:
Haitian woman, 31, dies alone at Pittsburgh bus stop days after ICE released her to the streets far from home to perish. Rest in power, Daphy Michel: https://t.co/z3NLMTIjve
— Pablo Manríquez (@PabloReports) March 14, 2026
Man, bet this wouldn’t have happened in Haiti.
— arch0n42 (@Arch0n42) March 14, 2026
This girl's brother let her rot in jail for 6 months instead of bailing her out for $1k. Upon release, ICE took her to be fitted with an ankle bracelet while was going through immigration hearings. Then they released her. What happened after that is not their responsibility.
— Pierre Chang (@PiereChangstein) March 14, 2026
She had a heart attack.
— Larissa (@amylcris) March 14, 2026
So, the federal government when releasing adult illegal immigrants must deliver them to their place of residence? This has never been done nor is it required. Oh, and her family let her stay in jail for six months.
— Hadley V. Baxendale (@FuldaGAAP) March 14, 2026
— Nostradeeznuts (@bobbt91) March 14, 2026
Sounds like there might be a bit more to this story than we're being told 🤔
— Richard Field (@SKanningham) March 14, 2026
Doesn't it?
This brings me back to a story that I've posted about a couple of times now, but DHS has posted about it again, as has the CBS News reporter looking into the story. ABC 7 Chicago kicked things off:
Sunny Naqvi, a 28-year-old U.S. citizen, is now back at home after spending about 43 hours in Department of Homeland Security custody. https://t.co/9Fm6BgzCYr pic.twitter.com/lTqwe4BPOc
— ABC 7 Chicago (@ABC7Chicago) March 8, 2026
As I said in my first post about this, always check for the "family says" or "an attorney for the family says" qualifier. Naqvi's family claims ICE took her off a flight at O'Hare after a business trip fell through and put her in ICE detention in Wisconsin for 46 hours. DHS claims that she was picked out for secondary inspection by TSA and was free to go in about 90 minutes. The Chicago Tribune picked up the story, which it called "extraordinary" and "disputed by accounts from the federal government, two sheriff’s departments, and her purported employer."
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As I reported, Naqvi "was too shaken to speak with ABC 7 on Sunday," according to the station. As for The Chicago Tribune, they reached her by phone on Sunday, but "Naqvi said she did not want to make a statement" and "by Tuesday, she stopped answering questions." Huh.
DHS posted receipts earlier this week:
HERE ARE THE RECEIPTS:
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) March 11, 2026
As we said Sunny Naqvi entered the CBP area at 10:21 am.
Surveillance footage from O’Hare CLEARLY shows her entering secondary inspection at 10:46 a.m., and leaving secondary to the public area at 11:42 a.m.
Her claims of spending 43 hours in DHS custody… https://t.co/GkqWBLS6sn pic.twitter.com/SWOJmMulcy
"… are FALSE."
Yeah. @WGNTV @ABC @ABC7Chicago all trusted a known liar and ran a story on someone who can’t even get a visa to enter a 3rd world country.
— Daily Vivek (@dailyvivek1) March 12, 2026
I hope @SenMullin @DHSgov sues the hell out these outlets.
A reporter for CBS News actually followed up:
CBS News is doing real journalism
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 13, 2026
A Skokie woman claimed she and her 5 coworkers were detained by federal agents after they got off their flight at Chicago O'Hare from Turkey
They said ICE sent them to detention centers
CBS investigated and learned it was ALL A LIE
“Here's… pic.twitter.com/G8FiVute3x
The post continues:
… the thing
- The Cook County Sheriff's Office says they looked inside the Broadview Processing Center. They did not find Naqvi there
- The Dodge County Sheriff's Office says she was never in their custody
- And now we're seeing that her employer is saying that she's not even an employee with them, and this was all for a work trip, apparently
We've also found that Naqvi pled guilty to making a false police report in a sexual assault case downstate a few years ago. We have reached out to her attorney again. We've reached out to her sister, elected officials. They have not gotten back to us. We did hear back from her sister. She says they just want privacy at this time.”
Oh, now they just want privacy, after being too shaken up over the incident to talk with reporters.
Wow, I’m in shock. Real journalism reported bravo to this woman.
— Floridagirl1010 (@newyorker1010) March 14, 2026
If the reporting is accurate, credit to CBS News for digging deeper—good journalism means verifying claims before they spread. 📰
— Natasha⭐ (@Nat_Ssha) March 14, 2026
So she creates a whole firestorm, then, when it's proven she's a liar with history, she wants privacy
— Andrew Talbot (@AndrewTalbot) March 14, 2026
Sounds reasonable
Someone asked Grok if Naqvi had a history of falsehoods. According to Grok:
Yes. Public records from 2019-2020 show Sundas "Sunny" Naqvi (then a UIUC student) made sexual harassment allegations against Professor Joe Petry that the university investigated and deemed not credible, linking them to blackmail for a grade and money. She faced felony charges including intimidation, aggravated unlawful restraint, residential burglary, and criminal damage to property tied to incidents with two ex-boyfriends (threats to delete evidence, break-in, property destruction, false reports causing one ex's arrest). A stalking no-contact order was issued against her re: the professor. Most charges were acquitted or dismissed; roommate was convicted on related counts.
Perhaps she suffers from time dilation.
— @amuse (@amuse) March 12, 2026
Where is @ABC7Chicago updated story saying they were wrong? Will they provide the same amount of airtime as they did with the false story?
— lynnj123 (@lynnj123) March 12, 2026
Another low IQ individual trying to garner attention by playing the victim card.
— Mass Hypnosis (@LongSquat) March 11, 2026
Congratuations for whoever at CBS News followed up properly after ABC News reported her story as fact based on an account from her sister.
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