The Council on American-Islamic Relations is preparing for a legal fight after the Trump administration said it would deport a British Muslim journalist from the country following his detainment in California on Oct. 26.
The organization said Sami Hamdi, a political commentator and managing director of the consulting company The International Interest, was detained at the San Francisco International Airport. It attributed the incident to Hamdi's criticism of Israel, calling it a “blatant affront to free speech.”
“Our nation must stop abducting critics of the Israeli government at the behest of unhinged Israel First bigots,” the organization said. “This is an Israel First policy, not an America First policy, and it must end.”
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Hamdi was on a national speaking tour and was leaving California after speaking at a CAIR gala in Sacramento when he was detained, Reuters reported. He was heading to Florida to speak at another event.
