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For all the great and

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wonderful work and commitment that

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he has made. Thank you.

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Good afternoon, Assalamu'alaikum.

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It's truly, boy,

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it's been one hell of a ride so

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far. I'll tell you.

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I'll say my legal career, I don't

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think I've ever had this

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difficult of an 81 days.

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And I think the reason is

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because I care so much about Salaam

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al-Salaam as my brother.

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Before, I'm his attorney, I am his

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brother. I'm so honored,

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very honored.

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Very very honored to have

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had the opportunity to be on

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this amazing legal team for

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somebody who's so amazing you

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know I

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Took issue with a little bit of what

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he said earlier So I where

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he said we're the heroes of all I

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saw here later and for

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anybody who knows you they know that

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You're the hero because you are the

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person

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And what I love about Salah Sarsour

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for those of you who heard the

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sermon today,

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our dear Shia Rami

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talked about being

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with God and doing

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what pleases God no matter

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what the cost, because you know

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you're pleasing a higher power.

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That epitomizes what

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Salah sarsour.

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And so I think for those who don't

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know Salah, for those who are.

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Commenting online about

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whether good or bad about Salah.

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Many people had negative things to

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say about somebody they've never met

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before.

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know that he is somebody who stands

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in the path of God and does

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things to please the Almighty

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in order to better himself,

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his family, and society at large.

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So those who want to

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comment know that that's the person

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that you're commenting about.

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I will, by the

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way, this was on the scripted part.

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Now I'm gonna get to the script

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part. So the scripting part is,

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our dear Congresswoman Gwen Moore,

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as Brother Othman has indicated, she

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went at least twice to

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see Salah to ensure that he was

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being taken care of to look

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after his health.

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We'll talk about that in just a few

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And she also spent some

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time writing to the jail

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writing to DHS to

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get them to treat Salah better.

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Her statement reads as follows,

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I'm so overjoyed that Salah is home.

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So many in our community had his

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back and were supporting him.

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From the beginning, I knew that

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Salat was being targeted by the

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Trump administration for his

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advocacy for Palestinians.

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In America, this is not a

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crime. It's a right entitled

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to individuals no matter who

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holds the White House.

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The judge's ruling reaffirms

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this. To Salah,

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I say welcome home.

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I wish I was there to give you a big

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hug but I'm there in spirit

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sending lots of love and

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that is again from our Congresswoman

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Gwen Moore.

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as we indicated in

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our legal filings, Salah

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had not received,

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in my opinion, in the legal team's

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opinion, and more importantly in his

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medical team's opinions, he had

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not been receiving treatment

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that was necessary

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in order to make sure that he didn't

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get or something, God

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forbid, worse will happen.

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As Luna kind of alluded to,

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his physician has always indicated

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very clearly, unequivocally,

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that he needs his blood sugar tested

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at least daily.

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needed to take certain medicines.

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medicine, metformin, but other

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medications were ignored.

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on his feet that went untreated,

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despite his request for them to be

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the day of his release,

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they finally decided to give him a

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band-aid and put that on

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top of the ulcer, instead of

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actually treating him when he

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requested the treatment.

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Salah didn't lose 30 pounds just for

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the record, he lost 35.

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him to the doctor today to get

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checked up.

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35 pounds and six

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inches of his waistline.

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I want you to let that sit in for

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just a second.

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he loss 35 pounds

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and he lost six

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inches on his waist line.

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I spoke to his physician today and

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unequivocal. He said, you know, I'm

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worried about the

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amount of weight he lost so

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rapidly that concerns

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me quite a bit.

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I'm concerned about the fact that he

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has these ulcers that went

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untreated.

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his faith, his

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resolve,

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his resilience, his strength,

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I think something really bad would

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have happened to him.

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His physician is shocked

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that he didn't come

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out worse for work.

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particularly to let that

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be known.

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And it's not just about Salah.

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We have Salah back.

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Thank you.

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But there are other people

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languishing in Clay County and

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in ICE custody who are being

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mistreated, who are disallowed

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their proper medical care.

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The fact that it was only about 50

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degrees in his cell,

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and they gave him a thin blanket and

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told him make do with it.

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I don't blame necessarily only Clay

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County Jail, because the

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directions were not coming from Clay

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County, the directions are coming

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from ICE.

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Let's be clear about that.

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We could get a doctor, please.

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A doctor, would you?

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I'm sorry.

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toll that this is taking on his

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family.

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a moment ago.

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And I'll tell you, they haven't

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slept, they haven't ate,

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they hadn't drank properly.

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And this is the result of what

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happens when your father's gone for

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81 days.

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I think he'll be OK.

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He may be dehydrated.

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But he hasn't slept, as

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Allah is indicating.

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he's been anguishing

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over missing his father.

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what happens when people are

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taken in a manner that

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The good thing about ISM is we don't

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block for doctors.

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my wife, maybe a month or

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so ago, that I was worried about him

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particularly because he wasn't

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showing any emotion about anything.

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He was cooping it up inside and

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today is that he, yesterday,

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had a wave of emotion.

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attention, and I was saying that

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Salah is not the only one we should

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be worried about here.

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That ICE is doing this to everyone.

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abductees that are

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being treated immensely

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poorly when it comes to medical

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administration

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to realize what they're doing is

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un-American.

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To abduct somebody because

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of his speech, his advocate

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for his advocacy for

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Palestine is totally un-America.

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this judge in the federal court,

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Judge Harlan,

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for those of you who didn't read

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the decision, it's a 29-page

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decision, his

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decision was very,

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very strong.

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He made it very clear that

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he felt that the reason that

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Salah was abducted

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was pretextual.

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was abducting was because of

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his speech.

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He made very clear, that

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he thought there was a substantial,

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and his words, not mine, substantial

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evidence, that there was substantial

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evidence that

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the only reason Salat was abducted

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by ICE 35 years or so

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after having a green card,

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after multiple interviews with

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immigration over decades,

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was only because of his advocacy for

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Palestine.

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He made it clear in his

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decision That's all.

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there are only four people

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Secretary of State used the

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determination of adverse foreign

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policy, and all

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four people were advocates for

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Palestine.

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Judge's decision was extremely

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was a breath of fresh air,

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was a decision that led me,

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at least, to say,

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you know, maybe our system of

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checks and balances is working,

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maybe our constitution is not

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going to be gutted, maybe there

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are

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people in the judiciary who

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are strong enough to stand up

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against the Trump administration for

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what's right, to stand up to uphold

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our constitution and our freedoms,

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And I think Judge Harden was one

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of them.

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All of this effort could not have

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gone without the

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help of an enormous amount

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of people.

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Salah thanked the community, I also

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will thank the community.

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This community, and I don't

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mean Milwaukee alone, but of course

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Milwaukee has a big hand in it.

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From coast to coast,

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we were getting letters and

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declarations from people

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when we weren't even asking for

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them. We ended up with about

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300 declarations from people

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nationwide, which we sent

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to the judge.

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And those people need to be thanked,

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so all of you, for your

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declarations, for your statements on

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behalf of Slausa.

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So thank you very much.

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The community organizations

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throughout the nation, some

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here and some all over

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the United States, need to be

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thanked. They organized,

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they became activists.

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Some people who have never been

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activists before all of a sudden

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became activists We

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have a robust team, a

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legal team.

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We have robust social media team.

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We have the robust working group

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team. I won't even try to

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name all of them.

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There are dozens of people, and I

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know I'll forget some.

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The legal team, I will

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just say some of the

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lead attorneys on each legal team

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and their law firms,

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but just know not one

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legal team or not one law firm

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only put one attorney on

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his case.

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Most of our law firms have

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multiple people working on Slaw's

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case, and I think that's important

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to know.

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Luna Drummey,

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I would like to thank her and her

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team, Bell, Dr. Levine,

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and Hoffman.

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Patrick Terrell and his team

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at Grossman Young Hammond, they're

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taking the lead on the immigration

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side.

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Mark Vanderhout and his Team of

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Vanderhoud LLP,

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they are also helping on both the

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federal side and the immigration

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side.

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Samuel Hoel from

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the ACLU and the ACL U team.

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Kate Brady, the Muslim

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Legal Fund and her team,

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and Hassan Ahmed from Virginia,

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who is the

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law firm of Hassan Ahmad.

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Those are just some of the attorneys

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on the case.

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I also would echo Salah and thanking

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Abman Abba for his immense

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assistance.

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And I will just say one more time,

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it is truly, truly my

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honor to be part of this legal

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team. I get to work with some of

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greatest minds in law,

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both on the federal side and

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immigration side.

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I've learned so much from all of

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them.

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And more, or as importantly,

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I get to work for somebody who

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deserves it and is lost or sued.

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I get work for someone who I truly

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believe in.

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I get the work for who's my best

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friend, who's brother, who I love

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dearly. Thank you.

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Okay, I want to just end by

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thanking the media.

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Okay, this is not part, it

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wasn't part of the plan, but I'll

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tell you.

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Without being able

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to get information to

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the public, without

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challenging the

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government narratives.

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I do believe that

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the press is

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the fourth branch of government

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because it keeps the government

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clean when the government is

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trying to do things

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based on false information

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or misleading information or

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they're not giving people all of

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the proper information,

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where they take an individual who's

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been here for 30-some years without

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any criminal record,

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conviction, charge ever

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in the United States, and

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they're using what has happened

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in a country that is committing

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ethnic cleansing and genocide,

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and yet they try to defame

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the loss of suit in his community.

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It is the press that will keep

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the government in check.

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We have a system of checks and

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balances, and we need

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the press to constantly

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ask questions particularly

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of those in authority,

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particularly of the

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government.

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And we thank you, and you

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deserve a hand for all

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the work that you do.

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I want to thank you for coming and

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reporting on this.

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I want thank all of the community

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members for being here as well.

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This is just the beginning because

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as Attorney Druby mentioned,

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you know, he was released on

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a bomb, but the

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habeas case is still moving

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forward.

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He also has an immigration case,

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which is immigration is very

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politicized.

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Immigration judges are part of the

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Department of Justice, not part

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of our judicial system.

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Those immigration

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judges that have called for the

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release of Mohsen Mehdiyawi

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and Romaisa Ozturk,

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the woman, the Turkish woman who

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only wrote an editorial in

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support of the people of Gaza,

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and that got her detained

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and they tried to deport her,

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the judges that decided

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to release them, the immigration

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judges, were fired after

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they made their decision because the

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Department of Justice is

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the one that's in control.

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It's not part of the judicial

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system.

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Judge Hamlin is part of the federal

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court system, and even though

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he was appointed by

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President Trump,

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he made his ruling based

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on the law, based on our

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First Amendment rights, based on

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constitutional principles, and that

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is what makes this country great.

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It is those individuals who,

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despite the party that they belong

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to, or what background they are,

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they're willing to rule

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based on the rule of

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law based on just principles,

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and not based on politics.

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Again, thank you all very much.

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Don't know what you think.

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Thank you.

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I love you, I can't do it, or I

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wouldn't be here if I were you, but

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I would like to get started with it.

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I'd like to see you again.