Palestinian man detained at Houston airport for 9 days: report
A -year-old Palestinian man has reportedly been detained for nine days in a screening room at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston Texas According to the Houston chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Muhanad J M Alshrouf entered the United States legally on July after obtaining a valid immigrant visa and has been held in a secondary screening room at the airport ever since Alshrouf came to the U S to visit his father who is a citizen Per a press release he has been held without access to legal counsel or a change of clothes since arriving at the airport earlier this month Related Khalil seeks M from Trump admin for false imprisonment This young man legally entered the country with a U S immigrant visa having passed every background check and safety clearance Yet he has been held in a secondary screening room for more than a week without due process or basic human compassion John T Floyd a board member of CAIR-Texas Houston and civil rights attorney disclosed in a declaration Floyd called the healing unlawful unjustified and inhumane Salon has reached out to airport and Customs and Limit Patrol representatives and will update this article if they respond It s not the first time Palestinians and pro-Palestine activists have faced increased scrutiny of their legal status within the U S Despite being a permanent resident of the country Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and held in a Louisiana facility for more than days Ward Sakeik a Palestinian woman married to a U S citizen was detained by ICE in February while returning from her honemyoon Sakeik was just distributed from detention earlier this month Read more about Palestine We know we re on the right side of history Kneecap play Glastonbury despite BBC blackout Israeli insiders on Iran war and building a different Middle East JD Vance exposed the truth about Trump s war on foreign students hint it s not about antisemitism The post Palestinian man detained at Houston airport for days statement appeared first on Salon com
