US efforts to deport Palestinian mosque leader rely on coerced confessions, witness testifies
Summary
Salah Sarsour, leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque and a legal U.S. resident, is fighting deportation by the U.S. government. His former lawyer testified that Israeli authorities tortured Sarsour and forced him to confess to crimes, but never linked him to a terrorist group.Key Facts
- Salah Sarsour was arrested in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- A judge released him in June, questioning why the government wants to deport him after decades in the U.S.
- The U.S. government claims he is a foreign policy threat based on Israeli convictions from the 1980s and 1990s.
- Sarsour has no criminal record in the United States.
- His former Israeli lawyer testified that Sarsour was tortured and pressured to confess.
- He was convicted for trying to possess a weapon but not for terrorism-related charges.
- Sarsour’s brother described him as weak and in pain after Israeli detention.
- Sarsour will attend the next immigration hearing remotely and will not testify himself.
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