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An immigration judge ruled that the United States can deport Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin's largest mosque and a permanent resident for over three decades, based on a Cold War-era law concerning security threats. The ruling came after Judge Jayme Salinardi agreed with the government’s argument that Sarsour poses a threat despite dismissing charges related to lying on his green card application. Sarsour's legal team plans to appeal, arguing he faces discrimination due to his Palestinian and Muslim identity and advocacy for Palestinian rights.

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Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin's largest mosque and a Palestinian-American, faces deportation after an immigration judge ruled him a "foreign policy threat" under a Cold War-era law. Detained by ICE in March 2021, he was released in June when a federal judge found his detention likely retaliatory for speaking out against Israel and advocating for Palestinian rights. The judge rejected claims Sarsour lied on his green card application but agreed that past terrorism-related convictions in Israel make him a security risk, despite no criminal record in the US since 1983. Born in the West Bank, Sarsour has lived in the U.S. for over three decades and plans to appeal the decision.

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Chicago Immigration Court Judge Jayme Salinardi sided late on Tuesday with the government's argument that Sarsour posed a security and foreign policy threat under the Cold War-era Immigration and Nationality Act, while rejecting the government's allegation that he lied on his green card application.

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🔮 Sarsour, who grew up in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in late March and released in mid-June after a federal judge said he had raised a substantial free speech retaliation claim that would render his detention unlawful.

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A US immigration judge ruled the US government can deport Palestinian American Salah Sarsour, who is the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque and a US permanent resident, under a Cold War-era law. asserted

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Sarsour, who grew up in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, was detained by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in late March and released in mid-June after a federal judge said he had raised a substantial free speech retaliation claim that would render his detention unlawful. uncertain

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Sarsour's legal team said on Wednesday they will appeal the ruling. asserted

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Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Wisconsin's largest mosque, says Sarsour has lived in the US for over three decades. asserted

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The mosque has said Sarsour was "being targeted on the basis of his Palestinian and Muslim background, and his advocacy for Palestinian rights." He has type 2 diabetes and lost more than 30 pounds in ICE detention, his legal team said. asserted

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Sarsour has no criminal record in the US and was convicted as a teenager in an Israeli military court before he came to the United States, which the Trump administration noted to cast him as a threat. asserted

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Sarsour says the government has known that information for decades. asserted

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Israeli rights group B'Tselem says military courts in the West Bank, where Palestinians are tried for alleged crimes, have a 96% conviction rate and a history of extracting confessions through torture. asserted

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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, which has cracked down on pro-Palestinian voices, says Sarsour was convicted of throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes of Israeli armed forces. asserted

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Sarsour denies committing such crimes and says he was tortured and coerced into past confessions. asserted

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