Overview
- Salah Sarsour, detained Monday after leaving his Milwaukee home, was moved from an ICE site near Chicago to a county jail in Indiana and remains in custody.
- The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday said he is suspected of funding terrorist groups and lying on immigration forms, citing Israeli military-court convictions from his youth for Molotov attacks and attempted weapons possession.
- His mosque and the Muslim Legal Fund of America dispute those claims, describing him as a lawful resident of more than 32 years and arguing the detention targets his pro-Palestinian speech.
- His attorneys filed a habeas petition and sought a temporary restraining order, with a master calendar hearing set for April 13 in Chicago immigration court.
- Elected officials and civil-rights groups in Wisconsin have called for his release, highlighting due-process concerns over Israeli military-court records and the broader crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists since 2025.