A federal judge has ordered the release of Salah Sarsour, a legal permanent resident and mosque president. The judge ruled that his detention by immigration authorities was likely based on his political activism.

一名聯邦法官已下令釋放合法永久居民兼清真寺主席 Salah Sarsour。法官裁定，移民當局對其的拘留很可能是基於其政治活動。

The case began when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detained Salah Sarsour on March 30 and sent him to a facility in Indiana. The Department of Homeland Security and Secretary of State Marco Rubio claimed that Sarsour was a national security threat. They asserted that his leadership in the group 'American Muslims for Palestine' went against U.S. foreign policy. Furthermore, the government pointed to two convictions from Israeli military courts in 1989 and 1995 involving dangerous devices as a reason for deportation, although Sarsour has challenged the truth of these claims.

此案始於 3 月 30 日，當時移民及海關執法局 (ICE) 拘留了 Salah Sarsour 並將其送往印第安納州的一處設施。國土安全部與國務卿 Marco Rubio 聲稱 Sarsour 是國家安全威脅。他們主張他在「美國巴勒斯坦穆斯林」組織中的領導地位違反了美國的外交政策。此外，政府以 1989 年和 1995 年以色列軍事法庭兩次涉及危險裝置的定罪作為驅逐出境的理由，儘管 Sarsour 對這些指控的真實性提出了質疑。

District Judge James Patrick Hanlon noted that the federal government had known about these foreign convictions for about twenty-five years. Because the government had approved Sarsour's permanent residency in 1998 and checked his citizenship application, the judge found that using these old records now was not a sufficient reason for detention. Consequently, the court stated that the government failed to prove that the detention was not a punishment for Sarsour's protected political speech. The judge also mentioned reports suggesting a wider plan to target Palestinian rights advocates through legal pressure.

地區法官 James Patrick Hanlon 指出，聯邦政府早已知道這些外國定罪紀錄約 25 年。由於政府在 1998 年就批准了 Sarsour 的永久居留權並審查其公民申請，法官認為現在才使用這些舊紀錄並非足夠的拘留理由。因此，法院表示政府未能證明此次拘留並非是對 Sarsour 受保護之政治言論的懲罰。法官還提到有報告指出，存在一個透過法律壓力來針對巴勒斯坦權利倡導者的更廣泛計劃。

Additionally, the court considered Sarsour's poor health, specifically his poorly managed Type 2 diabetes, and his strong family ties to U.S. citizens. While government lawyers argued that non-citizens have fewer First Amendment rights, Judge Hanlon rejected this idea. He emphasized that people legally living in the U.S. are entitled to free speech protections. Therefore, the court denied the government's request for a $25,000 bond and ordered his release.

此外，法院考慮到 Sarsour 健康狀況不佳，特別是他控制不佳的 2 型糖尿病，以及他與美國公民強烈的家庭聯繫。儘管政府律師主張非公民享有的第一修正案權利較少，但 Hanlon 法官駁回了這一觀點。他強調，合法居住在美國的人有權享有言論自由保障。因此，法院否決了政府要求 25,000 美元保釋金的請求，並下令釋放他。

Salah Sarsour has returned to his home in Wisconsin, where he will wait for the final decision regarding his immigration status.

Salah Sarsour 已返回他在威斯康辛州的家中，等待關於其移民身份的最終決定。