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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alice Speri

US immigration judge allows cold war-era law to deport Wisconsin mosque’s president

a man in a gray track suit jacket speaks into a microphone while surrounded by people
Salah Sarsour speaks after being released from detention on 18 June 2026. Photograph: Yaseen Najeeb

An immigration judge has ruled that the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque can be deported under a controversial, cold-war era law the Trump administration has sought to wield against foreign nationals who have been outspoken about Palestinian rights.

Salah Sarsour, a US permanent resident for nearly three decades, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in March. He was released after a federal judge found he had probably been detained in retaliation of his advocacy for Palestinian rights, which the federal judge said would render his detention unlawful.

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