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When Will Cleveland Imam Go To Immigration Court?By Bill West
Last month, Fawaz Mohammed Damrah (aka Damra), the Imam of Cleveland’s largest mosque, lost his appeal before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stemming from his conviction last summer of having obtained his naturalization unlawfully by concealing his links to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist organization and to other radical Islamic operatives in New York before he became a U.S. citizen. The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, which has been covering the Damrah case for a long time, reported this latest event in an article dated March 17. Damrah, upon conviction, had his naturalized U.S. citizenship revoked. That revocation would not be final, however, and removal proceedings (deportation) could not begin until after the appeals process. While Damrah may appeal his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, for the purposes of initiating deportation action, the Government is now essentially free to proceed. Interestingly, given the vagaries of the Immigration and Nationality Act, it is likely that Damrah, now a lawful permanent resident alien again, can be charged with only a limited number of removal violations. Such violations, however, would likely relate to the very activities of support for the PIJ and his connections to other radical Islamists that resulted in his criminal conviction. Deportation charges are not criminal and are separate proceedings; therefore, double jeopardy within the Federal criminal justice system is not an issue and the same evidence that was used in the criminal case can be utilized in Immigration Court. The Government might well choose to await any action by Damrah’s attorneys relative to a possible Supreme Court appeal before taking further action, though it is under no obligation to do so. Contested deportation cases, even if the respondents are detained, can take many months and even years to resolve. So, when ultimately the Feds do charge the Cleveland Imam with removal violations, the case may well drag on for a long time. The saga of Fawaz Damrah, which has been on the Government’s radar screen for more than a decade, proves that while the wheels of justice may sometimes grind slowly, at least they do move.
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