Mosque Leader Detained, Free Speech in Immigration Enforcement

0:00It's April 2. From your city to your ears, this is Canada News today, powered by AI. Federal agents detained Salazar Sur, the president of Wisconsin's biggest mosque, right outside his Milwaukee home on Monday. This 53-year-old Palestinian-born man holds a green card as a legal permanent resident and he's led the Islamic Society of Milwaukee for five years. His lawyers argue the arrest labels him a foreign policy threat with zero evidence, pointing instead to his past criticism of Israel and a conviction. From Israeli courts, when he was a minor for throwing rocks at officers. He has no criminal history here in the U.S. and supporters see it as retaliation for his pro-Palestinian views. Local leaders and religious figures are fired up, calling the move an overreach by immigration authorities. Milwaukee's mayor labeled it an outrage, stressing there's no proof of wrongdoing, while the case draws parallels to another activist facing, deportation for similar reasons.

1:00Now held in a county jail near Indianapolis, Salazar's team has filed for his release, bowing to battle the charges. His wife and four dull kids are all U.S. citizens, and he's determined to stay in the country he's called home for years. As this unfolds, eyes stay on how immigration enforcement handles free speech in these tense times.