Nepali asylum seeker wins immediate release from ICE detention — Sept. 4 | Pennsylvania/New York. Bishnu Sherpunja, a Nepali citizen living in Elmhurst, New York, was detained after a June traffic stop in Pennsylvania. Court records say he has no criminal history and has had a pending asylum application since 2016. A federal judge ruled his detention under the mandatory-detention provision was unlawful and ordered his immediate release. https://www.casemine.com/judge...