DEPORTED - DALLAS ISLAMIC LEADER, FORMER BOARD MEMBER OF CAIR
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Government links him to terror groups
By Scott Gordon
NBC DFW
Friday, February 19, 2010
An immigration judge in Dallas on Friday ordered an outspoken Islamic
leader deported after the U.S. government alleged he had ties to
terrorist groups in the Middle East.
Nabil Sadoun, a Dallas resident and former board member of the
Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, was deported to his
native Jordan after he failed to appear at his immigration hearing.
He entered the U.S. in August 1993.
Sadoun's attorney, Kimberly Kinser, said he was already in Jordan and
was unable to return to Texas because the government had taken his
permanent resident card, or green card.
She denied he was tied to any terrorist groups.
In the hearing, Judge Anthony Rogers of the Executive Office for
Immigration Review, said Sadoun "made a decision to leave the U.S."
and forfeited his right to fight his deportation. He said the
decision was final and could not be appealed.
In court, the judge made vague references to the government's
voluminous motion to deport him, including alleged involvement with
Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood. The judge concluded Sadoun lied on
government forms when he denied he was a member.
The judge also indicated there was evidence Sadoun contributed to the
Richardson-based Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development,
which was the largest Islamic charity in the United States.
Prosecutors convicted the group of funneling money to terrorist
groups and several of its leaders were sent to prison. In the case,
CAIR was named an unindicted co-conspirator.
The judge's comments in court provided the only window into the
allegations against Sadoun. The documents detailing charges made by
the Department of Homeland Security were not publicly available.
Ibrahim Hooper, a CAIR spokesman, said Sadoun left the organization
several months ago.
Asked the reason for his departure, Hooper said, "Board members come
on, (and) they leave."
Over the years, Sadoun made public comments critical of Israel, but
Rogers said he considered the remarks free speech and gave them no
weight in the decision to deport him, "no matter how distasteful they
are to this court."
More at:
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