ICE Defied Direct Order From Federal Judge and Re-Detained Elderly Palestinian

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) re-detained Akram Mahmoud Omar, a 77-year-old Palestinian man, just 10 days after a federal judge ordered his release due to constitutional rights violations and a heart attack suffered in custody. Following an emergency motion, the same judge again ordered Omar's immediate release and cautioned ICE against further deportation attempts, citing the agency's direct defiance of the prior court order.

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A judge said the 77-year-old grandfather's detention was unlawful. Then ICE seized him again and tried to rush him onto a deportation flight.

ICE Defied Direct Order From Federal Judge and Re-Detained Elderly Palestinian

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