This story is a perfect example of how broken the asylum system became under the previous administration.
Salah Dine Habib, an illegal alien from Mauritania in West Africa, entered the U.S. illegally in 2023 near Lukeville, Arizona. He was released into the country by the Biden administration and later claimed asylum, saying he was gay. In Mauritania, homosexuality is punishable by death under Islamic law, so his claim was designed to trigger protections.
He then got a job as a taxpayer-funded corrections officer at a county jail in Portland, Indiana, hired by Jay County Sheriff Larry Ray Newton Jr.
Then came the brain-dead move that exposed everything.
In September 2025, Habib married the sheriff’s stepdaughter, Chelsea.
Here’s the wedding photo:
Sheriff Newton confirmed that Habib worked as a non-armed correctional officer and that he started the job before marrying into the family.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a statement confirming Habib’s illegal entry and that his asylum claim based on homosexuality is now believed to be fraudulent, given that he married a woman shortly after.
He is currently in ICE custody pending removal proceedings and is being held at the Clay County Jail detention facility in Brazil, Indiana.
This is the kind of blatant fraud that happens when the border is wide open and asylum claims are rubber-stamped without real vetting. An illegal alien from a Muslim country where homosexuality is a capital offense claims he’s gay to stay in America, gets a job in law enforcement, then immediately marries a woman and exposes the whole scam.
President Trump has been cracking down on this abuse from day one. His administration is restoring integrity to the asylum process, prioritizing real refugees over fraudsters, and removing people who shouldn’t be here — especially those who lie to game the system and end up in positions of authority.
Cases like this show why mass vetting, border security, and ending catch-and-release are non-negotiable. The American people should not have to worry about illegal aliens working in jails or using fake claims to stay in the country.
Habib’s story is a warning. The system was exploited, but under Trump it’s finally being fixed.
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