A judge ordered that one of the founders of the viral Trump Burger restaurant be released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, according to court filings, noting that he had been on supervised release for over a decade without incident and that every attempt to get him removed to either Israel, Palestine or Jordan in that time had been unsuccessful.
Iyad Abuelhawa had been detained by ICE on June 2. The order cited medical records showing Abuelhawa suffers from diabetes. While in ICE detention, he broke bones in his foot and has been confined to a wheelchair, experienced numbness in his legs and “is currently in danger of losing his whole foot,” according to the judge’s decision. The government, the decision notes, did provide evidence contesting those allegations.
Houston Chronicle: Trump Burger owner freed from ICE custody after judge cites health, deportation failures
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