Egyptian student faces deportation over Trump threat
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Emadeldin Elsayed, a 23-year-old aspiring pilot from Cairo, is expected to appear in immigration court Friday.
LOS ANGELES >> An Egyptian flight student is expected to appear in immigration court Friday to determine whether he should be deported after being investigated by federal agents for posting threatening comments on his Facebook page about Donald Trump.
Emadeldin Elsayed, a 23-year-old aspiring pilot from Cairo, has a hearing scheduled before Immigration Judge Kevin Riley in Los Angeles.
U.S. Secret Service agents interviewed Elsayed about his post in early February, then returned to his Los Angeles-area flight school eight days later and told him federal prosecutors were not charging him with a crime but his visa had been revoked.
Immigration authorities then arrested Elsayed. He has been detained since Feb. 12 at an Orange County jail.
Elsayed wrote that he was willing to serve a life sentence for killing Trump and the world would thank him, said his lawyer, Hani Bushra.
Elsayed said he was angered by the Republican presidential contender’s comments about banning Muslims from traveling to the United States, but never intended to harm anyone.
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Trump has used especially tough talk on immigration during his campaign. The Republican presidential contender has vowed to build a wall along the entire Mexican border and called for a temporary ban on Muslims from entering the country.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement that Elsayed was arrested because he violated “the terms of his admission to the United States.” The agency did not provide further details.
Immigration authorities alleged in court filings that Universal Air Academy had tipped off federal officials to the Facebook post, Bushra said.
Alex Khatib, the flight school’s owner, said he knew nothing of the case until federal agents showed up to interview and later detain Elsayed.
He said federal officials asked him to pull paperwork he had issued so Elsayed could study there, but that he would take him back if the government allowed.
11 responses to “Egyptian student faces deportation over Trump threat”
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Another Muslim going to flight school in the US … does he want to learn like the 9/11 terrorists.
Agree….presidential debate comments put this flight-student-in-American-school over the top…WOW! Would you like to be in the plane with him behind the controls? My money says he’s a future ISIS participant.
A moron making government policy. He ought to be deported to Hawaii, where he would be well qualified for government service.
I guess Trump is already deporting people and he’s not even in office yet.
Thank you Mr. Future President Mr. TRUMP. CAN YOU DEPORT SERIOUS CRIMINALS TOO. And any manipulating conspiring racist malicious foreigners too. Those that have targeted Americans.
Brah, you were on a student visa. You shouldn’t do things that could get you kicked out of school. It shows poor judgment and is unbecoming of a future pilot. Have a nice flight back to Cairo. I would recommend you don’t use such strongly worded post against your own government. They probably will not be as kind.
Non-citizens should not make idle death threats while in a host country. Unless you are prepared for the consequences. His deportation is his punishment and possible he will be on the watch list in his home country.
He’d be doing us all a favor if he bumped off Donald Drumpt. But apparently the 1st Amendment doesn’t work for visa holding non-citizens, especially if one is from a Moslem country.
Hopefully the FBI will take a look at your comment..
1st Amendment doesn’t protect death threats, you should try it sometime.
Could you imagine what would have happened to a US citizen if they did the same thing in North Korea? Compared to some of the other countries a deportation is a slap on the wrist.