Transgender former Israeli intelligence officer detained by ICE in New Hampshire
Aug 1, 2026·Location: Concord, NH
Country of origin: Israel

Avishay Alon, a transgender former intelligence specialist with Israel's Unit 81 who later worked as a computer engineer at Amazon and Microsoft, was detained by ICE in Concord, New Hampshire. Alon had been serving a state sentence in New Hampshire after a 2024 kidnapping conviction and was granted parole, but corrections officials refused to release Alon except directly into ICE custody. A federal judge noted that immigration detainers are capped at 48 hours and ordered the state to show cause, the same day ICE announced Alon's arrest.
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