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.
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