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The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security is horrified and deeply saddened by the death of Rohingya refugee Nurul Amin Shah Alam in Buffalo, New York. Mr. Shah Alam was nearly blind, spoke little English, and had been missing since February 19, 2026, when U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents dropped him off at a coffee shop alone, in freezing weather, without shoes, and miles from his home after he was released from county jail. Five days later,  Mr. Shah Alam was found dead about four miles from the coffee shop.  The Lemkin Institute extends its deepest condolences to Mr. Shah Alam’s family and condemns the flagrant and criminal negligence and debased cruelty of CBP agents who abandoned him outside in freezing temperatures far from his home, resulting in his death. The death of Mr. Shah Alam is another example of the inhumane treatment and complete disregard for life exhibited by local, state, and federal agents who have carried out state-sanctioned violence and widespread terror and human rights abuses against Black and Brown communities across the United States.  The criminal disregard for the lives of noncitizens raises further red flags of an unfolding genocidal process targeting Black and Brown communities in the U.S. that will continue to escalate if left unchecked.  By virtue of his fundamental Constitutional and human rights, Nurul Amin Shah Alam deserved humane and compassionate treatment and should be alive today. His death was enabled by both long-term racist policing against people of color in the United States and the rapid moral deterioration and barbarization we have seen in local, state and especially federal security agencies since the start of President Trump’s second term. Federal agents must not be allowed to continue to endanger communities and act without oversight and with impunity. The intersection of abuses caused by Trump’s immigration crackdown and the U.S. racist policing system must be acknowledged and redressed. The Lemkin Institute continues to call for the dismantling of CBP in addition to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security. To read the full statement, visit: bit.ly/ShahAlamStatement #JusticeForShahAlam