"Salah Sarsour was taken into custody by nearly a dozen US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Monday in Milwaukee after he left his home. Supporters called for his immediate release on Thursday and his attorneys said he was detained on the grounds that he is a foreign policy threat."
"Attorneys said Sarsour, born in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, has no criminal record in the US. His attorneys have likened the case to that of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University activist who faces deportation because the federal government said he was a foreign policy threat."
"There's no question in my mind is that this is to stifle the discourse on the Palestinian narrative. Our government should not be doing the bidding of a foreign government, Ahmad said of Israel."
Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident and president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, was detained by ICE agents in Milwaukee. His supporters claim the arrest was politically motivated due to his outspoken criticism of Israel. Sarsour's attorneys argue that he poses no threat and that the allegations against him are baseless. They believe he was targeted for his past conviction by Israeli military courts. Sarsour has lived in the US for years and has no criminal record here, while his family members are US citizens.
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