MOST OF THE 1,200 immigrants picked up and detained by the federal government after Sept. 11 have been cleared of any connection to the terrorists, or to any terrorists. But most, according to a ...

Last summer, North Country Public Radio reported on the case of Ansar Mahmood, a Pakistani immigrant living in the Hudson valley. Mahmood was... Feb 24, 2004 — Last summer, North Country Public Radio ...

NEW YORK, June 29 -- A Pakistani immigrant detained almost three years ago after taking autumn photographs near an Upstate New York reservoir lost a final appeal on Tuesday and faces deportation. In ...

ALBANY -- A Pakistani immigrant who lost his fight against deportation despite lobbying by neighbors and politicians said he still believes in America. "I love my country Pakistan. I love America too ...

NEW YORK -- U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., issued a statement Wednesday in support of Hudson resident Ansar Mahmood's application for supervised release and deferred deportation. The statement ...

CHATHAM -- The latest setback in the efforts to get Pakistani immigrant Ansar Mahmood released from a federal detention center has not lessened the resolve of local residents who have devoted hundreds ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY/PAKISTAN — It was, ironically, love that led Ansar Mahmood to spend two-and-a-half years of his young life in a Batavia detention center: Love for the beauty of his new found home, ...

A pizza deliveryman detained after the Sept. 11 attacks has lost a final appeal, and will be deported to Pakistan. Ansar Mahmood was cleared of all terror-related concerns, and he was in the United ...

Residents of Hudson, N.Y., work to prevent the deportation of Ansar Mahmood, a Pakistani citizen who has been in U.S. custody for the last 18 months. Mahmood was working legally as a pizza-delivery ...

I read with interest the March 26 front-page article on the deportation of Ansar Mahmood and then with even greater interest the March 27 front-page article on the appointment of Elias A. Zerhouni to ...

ANSAR MAHMOOD thought that he was living the American dream. In 1999, Mahmood, who is from Pakistan, was awarded a green card in the Immigration and Naturalization Service's lottery system. He arrived ...

BATAVIA -- "Change the tear into a smile, that's the best way," Ansar Mahmood said in a recent telephone interview. That's why, from the Buffalo Federal Detention Center in Batavia, Genesee County, he ...