A mayor and a federal lawmaker called for an investigation into the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind blind refugee who went missing after being released by Border Patrol.

The U.S. Border Patrol shared false information about the abandonment of a nearly blind refugee who later died on the street.

A nearly blind man’s death in Buffalo, New York, was “preventable,” according to the city’s mayor, who said he died after ...