Judge rules Wisconsin mosque president who advocated for Palestinian rights can be deported on foreign policy grounds

An immigration judge in Chicago has ruled that the Palestinian-born president of Wisconsin's largest mosque can be deported from the United States on foreign policy grounds. The Wednesday ruling determined that the religious leader constitutes a foreign policy threat, though the judge rejected separate allegations that he had lied on his green card application.

The legal proceedings against the mosque leader centered on his public advocacy for Palestinian rights. While the immigration judge upheld the government's ability to deport him under foreign policy provisions, the dismissal of the green card fraud allegations marks a distinct limitation in the government's original case for removal.