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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Cybele Mayes-Osterman

Palestinian-born mosque leader can be deported from US on foreign policy grounds, judge rules

An immigration judge has cleared the way for the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights, to be deported on the grounds that he is a threat to national security.

Salah Sarsour was detained in Milwaukee in March by ICE officers. A federal judge ordered Sarsour’s release in June, saying he raised a “substantial” claim that the Trump administration was targeting him for speaking out against Israel and advocating for Palestinian rights.

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