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Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam, a 64-year-old man who spent four decades in prison for a murder conviction that was recently overturned, is facing deportation by U.S. immigration officials. Despite two court orders staying his deportation, he remains in custody. Immigration officials are seeking to deport him based on a no-contest plea to a drug charge from his youth. His family and lawyers argue that his wrongful imprisonment and long-term residency in the U.S., since he was an infant, should be considered.

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Indian Immigrant Who Served 43 Years in Prison for Wrongful Conviction Faces Deportation

Philadelphia, PA – November 4, 2025 – Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam, 64, is fighting deportation after his murder conviction was overturned earlier this year, following 43 years of incarceration. Despite two court orders halting his deportation, Mr. Vedam remains detained at a facility in Alexandria, Louisiana.

Vedam, who came to the U.S. from India as an infant and grew up in State College, Pennsylvania, was convicted in 1983 for a 1980 murder. After being released from prison on October 3rd, he was immediately taken into immigration custody.

The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking to deport Vedam based on a no-contest plea to charges of LSD delivery when he was approximately 20 years old. His lawyers argue that the decades he spent wrongly imprisoned, during which he earned degrees and tutored other inmates, should outweigh the earlier drug charge.

A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson stated that the overturned murder conviction does not negate the drug conviction and will not stop ICE’s enforcement of federal immigration law.

Mr. Vedam’s sister, Saraswathi Vedam, expressed the family’s relief that two judges have intervened to prevent his deportation while his case is being reviewed. She emphasized the injustice of deporting a man who has lived in the U.S. since he was nine months old and suffered a wrongful imprisonment for over four decades. The Bureau of Immigration Appeals will now consider the case, a process that could take months.

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