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African migrant claimed to be gay to get asylum in the US - then made incredibly stupid mistake after entering the country, DHS says
Daily Mail ^ | 11:57 EDT, 1 June 2026 | Updated: 18:19 EDT, 1 June 2026 | LAURA PARNABY

Posted on 06/02/2026 11:23:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

An African immigrant accused of pretending to be gay to claim asylum in the US has allegedly been outed after he married a woman in Indiana.

Salah Dine Habib, a native of Mauritania in west Africa, entered the US around 2023 and was arrested May 21, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). 

Habib claimed to be homosexual on his asylum application, which in his home country is a criminal offense punishable by being stoned to death.

He got a job as a taxpayer-funded corrections officer at a county jail in Portland, Indiana, after being hired by Jay County Sheriff Larry Ray Newton Jr, WIBC reported.

However, Habib was allegedly exposed as a fraud after he married Newton's stepdaughter Chelsea in September 2025.

Photos and videos shared to social media from the ceremony show the sheriff posing with his family and giving a speech to wedding guests.

The DHS told the Daily Mail in a statement: 'Habib entered the country illegally in March 2023 near Lukeville, Arizona, and was released into the country by the Biden administration where he was reportedly hired as a corrections officer in Indiana.

'He will remain in ICE custody pending removal proceedings. 

Salah Dine Habib was allegedly exposed as a fraudulent asylum seeker after his wedding to wife Chelsea

Chelsea Habib is the stepdaughter of Jay County Sheriff Larry Ray Newton Jr

Sheriff Newton hired Habib as a corrections officer at a county jail, and gave a speech at his wedding to daughter Chelsea

'His pending asylum application is believed to be fraudulent, as he applied based on homosexuality in 2023 but married a woman in 2025.

Habib is being held at the Clay County Jail detention facility in Brazil, Indiana

'Under President Trump and Secretary Mullin ICE is restoring law and...

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1 posted on 06/02/2026 11:23:56 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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Saladin Habib...........needs to do time where he can find himself a sugar daddy for protection.


2 posted on 06/02/2026 11:26:56 AM PDT by Candor7 ( Ask not for whom the Trump Trolls,He trolls for thee!<img src="" width=300</img><a href="">tag</a>))
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