Immigration Agents Arrest Mosque Leader

0:00On April 2nd, federal agents with immigration and customs enforcement detained Salas Arsor, the 53-year-old president of Wisconsin's. Largest mosque right outside his Milwaukee home on Monday. He's a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident with a green card and nearly a dozen agents surrounded his car to take him into custody. Officials say the arrest stems from him being a foreign policy threat, but his lawyers argue that's baseless and point instead to his outspoken. Some of Israel plus a conviction from his youth in an Israeli military court for allegedly throwing rocks at officers. Those courts have drawn fire for high conviction rates against Palestinians with questions about fair trials. Supporters rallied Thursday calling for his quick release, with religious leaders from different faiths praising him as a key community figure. Milwaukee's mayor labeled it an outrage, saying there's no real evidence of wrongdoing and slamming it as immigration overreach. Arsor leads the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, the state's biggest Muslim group, and his

1:02wife plus four dough kids are all U.S. citizens. His team compares the case to another activist facing deportation on similar threat claims, and they filed a petition to free him while he sits in, in Indiana County, jail. This situation highlights the tensions around free speech on foreign policy and immigration enforcement, as his attorneys gear up for a fierce legal, battle to keep him stateside. No news, powered by AI, this is U.S. News Today.