U.S. immigration officials detain award-winning filmmaker Arfat Sheikh who legally came to the U.S. to study and later claimed asylum, his family and friends say. DHS confirms that Sheikh was arrested on Sept. 24, adding that he “illegally overstayed his lawfu

U.S. immigration officials detain award-winning filmmaker Arfat Sheikh who legally came to the U.S. to study and later claimed asylum, his family and friends say. DHS confirms that Sheikh was arrested on Sept. 24, adding that he “illegally overstayed his lawful admittance.” ↧ Award-winning Kashmiri filmmaker is detained by U.S. immigration au... Arfat Sheikh, whose work explores conflict in the disputed Himalayan region, entered the U.S. in 2019 on a student visa and filed for asylum in 2020, supporters said.