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Immigration Judge Orders Deportation of Mosque Leader Salah Sarsour

By Drooid · Sep 30, 2026, 11:48 PM UTC · How we work

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Immigration Judge Jayme Salinardi ordered the deportation of mosque leader Salah Sarsour on security grounds.
Salinardi ruled Sarsour removable under foreign-policy grounds and rejected the government’s alleged lie claim.
A June 2025 memo by Rep. Marco Rubio invoked a rare provision, giving Sarsour a 30-day appeal deadline.
Sarsour says deportation to the West Bank would end his life, citing prior Israeli imprisonment and torture.

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Immigration Judge Jayme Salinardi ordered the deportation of mosque leader Salah Sarsour on security grounds.
Salinardi ruled Sarsour removable under foreign-policy grounds and rejected the government’s alleged lie claim.
A June 2025 memo by Rep. Marco Rubio invoked a rare provision, giving Sarsour a 30-day appeal deadline.
Sarsour says deportation to the West Bank would end his life, citing prior Israeli imprisonment and torture.