A refugee died after Border Patrol left him at a closed cafe. Fear followed.

The Tim Hortons coffee shop in Buffalo, N.Y., where Nurul Amin Shah Alam, 56, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee who spoke limited English, was dropped off by U.S. Border Patrol agents after his release from the Erie County Holding Center, on Feb. 26, 2026. Buffalo’s Arakan Rohingya community was rattled after a disabled man’s death. “Our worry comes from future incidents that may happen,” one resident said. (Jalen Wright/The New York Times) By MARK SOMMER In the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood...