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| CAIR Protests Against Deportation Threats as "Pressure Tactic" |
| 2004-08-01 |
| From The Council on American-Islamic Relations On Friday, July 30, the Southern California office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) will hold a news conference to outline concerns about allegations that a local Muslim is being threatened with deportation as "pressure tactic" to gain information about an Islamic charity. .... Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan, a 44-year-old resident of Buena Park, Calif., was detained on Tuesday, the same day that several former officials of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) were arrested for allegedly funneling charitable donations to Palestinian militants, a charge they consistently deny. Hamdan's family and attorney say the 24-year U.S. resident, who has six U.S.-born children, is being told he and his wife will be deported unless he offers information in the HLF case. .... "Our legal and immigration systems should be used to punish criminals and protect our borders, not as psychological thumb-screws to extract information," said CAIR-LA Communications Director Sabiha Khan. Ban Al-Wardi, Hamdan's immigration attorney, said her client has cooperated fully with federal officials on three separate occasions and has offered any and all information he has on the HLF case. Al-Wardi is also president of the ADC-LA/OC [American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee]. ... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #1 I call for the Feds to cease this pressure and deport him immediately. I think we have one too many 44-year old former Holy Land Foundation we need in this country. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-01 9:49:24 PM |