6/18/2026
democracynow A federal judge ordered on Thursday the immediate release of Salah Sarsour from ICE detention while his case moves through immigration court. Sarsour is a green card holder, the president of Wisconsin’s largest mosque and a Palestinian community leader. He has been held at the Clay County Jail in Indiana for over two months. Despite Sarsour’s lawful permanent resident status, the government says he could be subject to deportation for failing to disclose a conviction by Israeli military authorities when he was a teenager in the occupied West Bank. Sarsour says he never understood the charges, which were presented against him in Hebrew, and that he was tortured in Israeli custody. Tap the link in @democracynow 's bio for our coverage of Sarsour's case. View all 9 comments