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Salah Sarsour’s Legal Battle Deepens | Milwaukee News
Salah Sarsour, president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, faces deportation after being arrested for allegedly lying on his green card application decades ago — but his legal team is fighting back, arguing his past Israeli convictions were obtained through torture and that he’s being targeted for his pro-Palestinian activism. After 80 days in federal prison, a judge sided with Sarsour’s claim of political persecution, and attorneys are calling the government’s case procedurally flawed. With more testimony pending, the court’s decision could set a precedent on whether political speech…
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