Salah Sarsour's Battle Against Deportation | Milwaukee News

Milwaukee News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 30, 2026 · 1m

A mosque leader and longtime U.S. resident, Salah Sarsour, faces deportation after decades of lawful living, with his defense arguing he’s a victim of political persecution—not a lawbreaker. His team presents witnesses, psychological evidence, and a polygraph result to show he was coerced into false confessions under torture as a teen and never intended to vote illegally. The government cites past Israeli military convictions and a disputed voter registration attempt, but defense experts say the law is rarely applied to political speech. With a notoriously skeptical judge presiding, Sarsour’s…