* On June 24, Ali Yaghi, a Jordanian citizen who had applied for US residency, was deported with no notice to his family after spending nearly nine months in the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Brooklyn, New York on an immigration charge. His American wife and three children found out about his deportation days afterwards, and, having not heard from him since, fear the Jordanian security forces may have arrested him to continue his interrogations there.
* On July 1, Salman M. Salman, a Syrian-born businessman living in the US since 1981, was denied access to an attorney after being arrested in Florida on questionable charges of owning firearms illegally. The authorities at the Orange County Jail refused to tell Salman where he was being held, saying they were complying with secrecy provisions of post-September 11 anti-terrorism laws.
He was allowed to make a call to his brother, who then called his lawyer, attorney Mark NeJame. NeJame told the Orlando Sentinel, “I was lied to,” when he asked if Salman was in the Orange County Jail
*A Moroccan newlywed, Mohamed Aterhzaz, 25, was deported on May 16 because he and his American wife of five months had been unable to afford the $450 fee required to file for US residency. They both worked on the night shift at a St. Petersburg, Florida Subway sandwich shop, where they met a year ago. On January 2, only a month after getting married, INS agents arrested him for overstaying his visa, which had expired last October.
* On July 1, Salman M. Salman, a Syrian-born businessman living in the US since 1981, was denied access to an attorney after being arrested in Florida on questionable charges of owning firearms illegally. The authorities at the Orange County Jail refused to tell Salman where he was being held, saying they were complying with secrecy provisions of post-September 11 anti-terrorism laws.
He was allowed to make a call to his brother, who then called his lawyer, attorney Mark NeJame. NeJame told the Orlando Sentinel, “I was lied to,” when he asked if Salman was in the Orange County Jail
*A Moroccan newlywed, Mohamed Aterhzaz, 25, was deported on May 16 because he and his American wife of five months had been unable to afford the $450 fee required to file for US residency. They both worked on the night shift at a St. Petersburg, Florida Subway sandwich shop, where they met a year ago. On January 2, only a month after getting married, INS agents arrested him for overstaying his visa, which had expired last October.