North Texas community leader held by ICE will be deported, judge rules
Story by Fousia Abdullahi • 16h
After Marwan Marouf spent 60 days in ICE detention, an immigration judge issued a removal order Thursday for the longtime North Texas community leader.
After a period of private discussion between the lawyer for the government and Marouf's attorneys, the attorney for the Department of Homeland Security agreed that Marouf was legally eligible for voluntary departure.
Judge Abdias Tida of the Houston - Jefferson Street Immigration Court disagreed and ruled Marouf was not eligible for voluntary departure because the government has charged him with engaging in terrorist activity. The judge ordered instead that he be deported to Jordan, where he is a citizen.
Marouf, who lives in Richardson and has been in the U.S. for over 30 years, was picked up by ICE agents on Sept. 22 after dropping his son off at school. The agents said his application for a green card had been denied. He was being held at the Bluebonnet Detention Center in Anson.
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