US efforts to deport Palestinian mosque leader rely on coerced confessions, witness testifies

Salah Sarsour, a U.S. legal permanent resident and Palestinian mosque leader, is fighting deportation ordered by the Trump administration, citing Israeli convictions from the 1980s and '90s. His attorney argues the Israeli convictions resulted from coerced confessions and lack evidence of terrorism ties. Testimonies detail mistreatment in Israeli custody and link his case to recent arrests of U.S. residents supporting Palestinians since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023.