An ally of the U.S. Army in Afghanistan on Thursday shared his thoughts on being free after spending months in immigration detention. For one, it gave him a new perspective.

“I can say that freedom is the most beautiful feeling,” the man identified only as Sayed Naser said during a morning press conference at the Veterans Museum at Balboa Park with his brother, attorney and advocates alongside him.

For another, recalling the day in June when he was first surrounded by immigration officers, he said he did not believe he was truly being detained until he met others in the same situation.

One day in detention, he said, felt like an entire month, and among the most difficult trials he experienced was finding himself wearing prison garb. In all, he called his three-plus months in custody the

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