More than 70 people from South Asia seeking asylum in the United States, many of them of the Sikh or Hindu faith, have been caught up in the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration policy and are being denied basic religious accommodations while they are detained in an Oregon federal prison.
A Sikh combat soldier has filed suit against the U.S. Army for forcing him to undergo special testing before granting him a religious accommodation for his beard and turban. Capt. Simratpal Singh, a graduate of the U.S.