Following Hamdi’s arrest, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin announced on social media platform X that his visa had been revoked and that he was in ICE custody pending removal from the U.S., but his departure this week was voluntary rather than a deportation. In a statement, the California chapter of CAIR said Hamdi was detained “at the urging of well-known anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian extremists,” and added that his arrest occurred after a set of public appearances where Hamdi was vocal on Palestinian human rights. The same month, Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk was detained, though she was released after a federal judge found her arrest was likely in retaliation for a student newspaper op-ed she wrote that was critical of the campus’ response to the war in Gaza.
Author: Katie DeBenedetti
Published at: 2025-11-13 22:57:54
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