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Judge Jayme Salinardi ruled that the U.S. government can deport Salah Sarsour, president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque, based on national security concerns linked to his pro-Palestinian advocacy and past criminal convictions in Israel. The ruling came despite dismissing allegations that Sarsour lied about his background when applying for a green card in 1993. Born in the West Bank, Sarsour faces deportation after nearly three decades in the U.S., maintaining innocence regarding his Israeli convictions and fearing torture if returned to the Palestinian territories or Israel. He plans to appeal the decision within the next month.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-09-30,
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same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
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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An immigration judge has ruled that the U.S. government can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque on national security grounds based on his pro-Palestinian advocacy and past convictions in Israel.
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government → rule → Israel
On Wednesday, Judge Jayme Salinardi determined that Islamic Society of Milwaukee President Salah Sarsour, 53, can be removed from the United States under an immigration provision invoked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio last year.
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Sarsour → determine → Rubio
While his ruling didn’t favor the mosque leader, Judge Salinardi discarded the federal government’s allegation that Sarsour lied to immigration authorities on his green card application when he entered the U.S. in 1993.
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he → favor → 1993
The Trump administration deemed him a national security threat, though he has no criminal record in the U.S. over the past 33 years.
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he → deem → years
Sarsour was once imprisoned in Israel in 1988 after he confessed to throwing a Molotov cocktail and stones at Israeli military personnel.
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he → imprison → personnel
Seven years later, he was convicted of attempting to possess weapons.
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he → convict → weapons
Sarsour maintains his innocence, and his lawyers argue he was tortured into confessing to both crimes.
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he → maintain → crimes
Sarsour, who was born in the West Bank, said deportation to the Palestinian territory would be the “end of my life” because, in his view, he would be tortured by Israeli authorities there.
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he → bear → authorities
Sarsour would need to demonstrate on appeal that he could be tortured again if he returned to the West Bank upon deportation, according to one of his lawyers.
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he → need → lawyers
Defense attorney Patrick Taurel said his client should be deported to Israel or the Palestinian territories rather than Jordan, which is listed as a possible destination on the order of removal.
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which → say → removal
Sarsour has no connection to Jordan, but he was instructed by immigration officers to list it as his home country because the U.S. does not recognize Palestine as an independent state.
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U.S. → have → state
The judge left that issue to be addressed on appeal.
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judge → leave → appeal
Salinardi, who is retiring, said Judge Craig Defoe will start presiding over the case.
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Defoe → retire → case
Sarsour revealed he plans to appeal the “deeply disappointing” ruling.
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he → reveal → ruling
“I will continue fighting to defend the right to free speech and to stay in the country I have called home for more than three decades,” Sarsour said after the decision.
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Sarsour → continue → decision
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