Paramjit Singh, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, is behind bars in Northern Kentucky at the Kenton County Detention Center. His eyesight is deteriorating due to a brain tumor while the U.S. Department of Homeland Security tries to kick him out of the country.

Singh moved to America from India decades ago. A former journalist for Louisville Public Media, Divya Karthikeyan, reported on the federal government’s case against Singh for The Intercept, a national publication.

As part of their case, federal authorities have claimed he has a past conviction for forgery. But Karthikeyan’s reporting found a lack of evidence for that.

I talked with her about the latest details of the case. Here’s our conversation.

This transcript is edited for length and clarity.

Morgan Watkins: Divya, welcome back to the

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