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An ex-attorney for Salah Sarsour testified that U.S. deportation efforts against a Palestinian mosque leader depend on confessions obtained through coercion, not solid evidence.
An ex-attorney who represented Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian mosque leader facing deportation, testified that U.S. deportation efforts against him rest on confessions obtained through coercion rather than on independent evidence. The testimony suggests a pattern where interrogation tactics pressure detainees into statements the government then uses to justify removal.
This allegation cuts to the core of due process in deportation cases. If the government is building deportation cases primarily on coerced confessions without corroborating evidence, it means people can be removed from the country based on statements they made under pressure, not facts. For a mosque leader specifically, this raises questions about whether the deportation is actually based on security concerns or on statements extracted during questioning.
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