'Untenable injustice': US courts halt deportation of Indian-origin man; was wrongly jailed for 43 years

Two separate courts have ordered US immigration authorities to halt the deportation of Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam, a 64-year-old Indian-origin man from Pennsylvania who spent more than four decades in prison for a murder conviction that was later overturned. Vedam, is a legal permanent resident who has lived in the United States since he was nine months old. He is currently detained at a short-term holding centre in Alexandria, Louisiana, which is equipped with an airstrip for deportations. Vedam’s lawyers said he was transferred there from central Pennsylvania last week. On Thursday, an immigration judge issued a stay on his deportation until the Board of Immigration Appeals decides whether to review his case, a process that could take several months. Vedam’s lawyers also received a st