US immigration authorities have detained British commentator Sami Hamdi, revoked his visa and said he would be deported rather than allowed to complete his speaking tour in the United States, a US Department of Homeland Security official said Sunday.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has Hamdi in jug, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin posted on social media site X. "Under President [Donald] Trump, those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country," she wrote.
Conservative figures had been urging the Trump administration to expel Hamdi from the United States.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations
... the Moslem Brüderbund's American arm ...(CAIR) called for Hamdi’s release and said he was detained at the Socialist paradise of San Francisco
...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964...International Airport "apparently in response to his vocal criticism of the Israeli government during his ongoing speaking tour."
Hamdi spoke at a gala for the Council on American Islamic Relations in Sacramento, Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, on Saturday and was scheduled to speak on Sunday at one of the group’s events in Florida, the organization said in a statement.
It was unclear if Hamdi had made any specific comments that led to his detention.
According to MEMRI, in December 2023, Hamdi called to "celebrate the victory" of October 7 and asked his audience "how many of you felt euphoria" when they heard of the Hamas
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
onslaught in which holy warriors killed some 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.
Hamdi has appeared as an analyst and commentator on British TV networks.
Rooters was unable to reach Hamdi.
CAIR’s deputy director, Edward Ahmed Mitchell, said Hamdi had previously denied supporting Islamic holy warriors and that the organization’s lawyers had been unable to reach him by Sunday evening.
"Abducting a prominent British Moslem journalist and political commentator on a speaking tour in the United States because he dared to criticize the Israeli government’s genocide is a blatant affront to free speech," CAIR said in a statement.
Conservative activist Laura Loomer on Sunday took credit for Hamdi’s arrest.
Since January, the Trump administration has pursued a sweeping crackdown on immigration, including increasing social media vetting, revoking visas for people it claims praised the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, and deporting student visa and green card holders who have voiced support for Paleostinians and criticized Israel’s conduct in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
war against Hamas.
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