Rep. Julie Johnson visited ICE’s Dallas field office on Monday, March 16, to demand answers regarding the death of Mohammed Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, who lived in her district.
Paktiawal was an Afghan immigrant who worked with U.S. forces since 2006 in Afghanistan. He and his family were evacuated when the U.S. pulled out of the country. He died at Parkland Hospital a day after ICE had taken him into custody.
“Paktiawal has a known criminal history including an arrest by local authorities for SNAP fraud, a felony, on Sept. 16, 2025,” ICE wrote in a press release. “He was arrested a second time for theft on Nov. 1, 2025.”
Paktiawal lived in Richardson and was the father of six.
The Dallas County Medical Examiner has the body but has not yet released a cause of death. His family said he was not ill.
— David Taffet