British journalist and political commentator Sami Hamdi will be released from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention following a hearing on Monday, according to his legal team.
Sam and the government reached an agreement during his hearing that he would leave the US voluntarily.
He arrived in the US on 19 October on a valid visitor visa for a speaking tour, but his visa was revoked on 24 October without his knowledge and without being informed by immigration authorities, according to Zahraa Billo, executive director for the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair-SFBA).
Sam was charged with a visa overstay on 26 October by ICE agents while he was at San Francisco International Airport and was then transferred to Golden State Annex in McFarland, California, where he was kept in a cell with around 80 other people.
He has not been charged with any criminal conduct or charged on the grounds of national security despite allegations by the Department of Homeland Security on X that he supports terrorism and actively undermines the “safety of Americans”.
