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Immigration judge rules US can deport president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque

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A US immigration judge ruled that the government can deport Salah Sarsour, the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, under a Cold War-era law. Sarsour, a Palestinian-American who grew up in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, faces deportation despite having lived in the United States for over three decades and having no criminal record there. The judge sided with the government's argument that Sarsour poses a security threat, rejecting allegations of lying on his green card application but acknowledging concerns about his past conviction in an Israeli military court. His legal team plans to appeal the decision, arguing that he is being targeted 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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“Article A describes the ruling by an immigration judge on deporting Salah Sarsour, while Article B questions why the US wants to deport him and does not describe a specific court ruling.”
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Sarsour PERSON · 9× Israeli NORP · 4× Palestinian NORP · 3× Wisconsin GPE · 3× Chicago Immigration Court ORG · 1× Immigration and Customs Enforcement ORG · 1× Jayme Salinardi PERSON · 1× Salah Sarsour PERSON · 1× WASHINGTON GPE · 1× West Bank GPE · 1×

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Chicago Immigration Court Judge Jayme Salinardi sided late on Sept 29 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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Immigration judge rules US can deport president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque AI generated asserted
US → rule → mosque
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
who → rule → law
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
detention → grow → claim
Chicago Immigration Court Judge Jayme Salinardi sided late on Sept 29 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. asserted
he → side → application
Sarsour’s legal team said on Sept 30 they will appeal the ruling. asserted
they → say → ruling
Islamic Society of Milwaukee, Wisconsin’s largest mosque, says Sarsour has lived in the US for over three decades. asserted
Sarsour → say → decades
The mosque has said Sarsour was “being targeted on the basis of his Palestinian and Muslim background, and his advocacy for Palestinian rights”. asserted
Sarsour → say → rights
He has type 2 diabetes and lost more than 13kg in ICE detention, his legal team said. asserted
team → have → detention
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
administration → have → threat
Sarsour says the government has known that information for decades. asserted
government → say → decades
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
Palestinians → say → torture
US 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
Sarsour → crack → forces
Sarsour denies committing such crimes and says he was tortured and coerced into past confessions. asserted
he → deny → confessions
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