Locked Up by Israel at 15, Palestine Activist Is Now Jailed by ICE
cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/45368004
> > [Nearly a dozen](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-wisconsin-mosque-president-was-detained-by-ice-agents-supporters-say-he-was-targeted-for-speaking-out-against-israel#%3A%7E%3Atext=Salah+Sarsour%2C+a+Palestinian-born%2Cthe+Islamic+Society+of+Milwaukee.) agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded Muslim community leader Salah Sarsour on March 30 after he left his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and serving as president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, the city’s largest mosque and Muslim institution, Sarsour is a husband, father, and grandfather [described](https://x.com/omarsuleiman/status/2039877229962805567) [as a pillar](https://inthesetimes.com/article/salah-sarsour-a-pillar-taken-a-community-that-will-not-yield) of his community and a [“loving bear” who is “always smiling.”](https://mlfa.org/salah-sarsour-a-pillar-taken-a-community-that-will-not-yield/?gad_source=1%5C&gad_campaignid=22286780586%5C&gbraid=0AAAAAotxNBYm8fxiSAOVNf6QvtNYsTMLt%5C)
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> > ICE’s parent organization, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), [claimed](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/04/02/dhs-law-enforcement-arrests-jordanian-national-previous-conviction-throwing-molotov) without evidence that Sarsour is a “terrorist” who “lied” on a green card application when he moved to the U.S. in the 1990s. However, Sarsour’s [attorney says](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2026/04/09/salah-sarsours-arrest-renews-scrutiny-over-canary-mission-ice-usage/89499472007/) that federal documents show he was jailed because Secretary of State Marco Rubio considered him a threat to U.S. foreign policy in June 2025, which was [also reported](https://archive.is/wip/7PwC5) by the *Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.*
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> > Sarsour’s arrest came [shortly after](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2026/04/09/salah-sarsours-arrest-renews-scrutiny-over-canary-mission-ice-usage/89499472007/) he was profiled by the shady pro-Israel website Canary Mission known for [doxxing](https://truthout.org/articles/zionist-doxxing-campaigns-upended-their-lives-now-theyre-suing-for-damages/) and smearing the reputations of Palestinian rights activists on college campuses. Their targets [included](https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/mahmoud-khalil-sues-trump-administration-info-its-collusion-anti) Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was abducted and [jailed by ICE for more than three months in 2025.](https://truthout.org/articles/i-am-a-political-prisoner-writes-mahmoud-khalil-from-ice-jail/)
> > [Nearly a dozen](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/a-wisconsin-mosque-president-was-detained-by-ice-agents-supporters-say-he-was-targeted-for-speaking-out-against-israel#%3A%7E%3Atext=Salah+Sarsour%2C+a+Palestinian-born%2Cthe+Islamic+Society+of+Milwaukee.) agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) surrounded Muslim community leader Salah Sarsour on March 30 after he left his home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Born in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and serving as president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee, the city’s largest mosque and Muslim institution, Sarsour is a husband, father, and grandfather [described](https://x.com/omarsuleiman/status/2039877229962805567) [as a pillar](https://inthesetimes.com/article/salah-sarsour-a-pillar-taken-a-community-that-will-not-yield) of his community and a [“loving bear” who is “always smiling.”](https://mlfa.org/salah-sarsour-a-pillar-taken-a-community-that-will-not-yield/?gad_source=1%5C&gad_campaignid=22286780586%5C&gbraid=0AAAAAotxNBYm8fxiSAOVNf6QvtNYsTMLt%5C)
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> > ICE’s parent organization, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), [claimed](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/04/02/dhs-law-enforcement-arrests-jordanian-national-previous-conviction-throwing-molotov) without evidence that Sarsour is a “terrorist” who “lied” on a green card application when he moved to the U.S. in the 1990s. However, Sarsour’s [attorney says](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2026/04/09/salah-sarsours-arrest-renews-scrutiny-over-canary-mission-ice-usage/89499472007/) that federal documents show he was jailed because Secretary of State Marco Rubio considered him a threat to U.S. foreign policy in June 2025, which was [also reported](https://archive.is/wip/7PwC5) by the *Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.*
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> > Sarsour’s arrest came [shortly after](https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2026/04/09/salah-sarsours-arrest-renews-scrutiny-over-canary-mission-ice-usage/89499472007/) he was profiled by the shady pro-Israel website Canary Mission known for [doxxing](https://truthout.org/articles/zionist-doxxing-campaigns-upended-their-lives-now-theyre-suing-for-damages/) and smearing the reputations of Palestinian rights activists on college campuses. Their targets [included](https://ccrjustice.org/home/press-center/press-releases/mahmoud-khalil-sues-trump-administration-info-its-collusion-anti) Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil, who was abducted and [jailed by ICE for more than three months in 2025.](https://truthout.org/articles/i-am-a-political-prisoner-writes-mahmoud-khalil-from-ice-jail/)