CLEVELAND, Ohio — An Egyptian-born hospital chaplain jailed in Ohio will face an immigration trial that could decide whether he is deported to Egypt — where his lawyers say he risks torture and death — or allowed to remain in the United States, his home for the past 11 years.

Cleveland Immigration Judge Jennifer Riedthaler-Williams set Ayman Soliman ’s trial for Dec. 15. The trial is expected to last between two and four days, attorneys said.

“It’s going to take a lot of time,” Soliman’s attorney, Rob Ratliff said of the trial. “We have a heavy burden.”

Soliman, 51, has been jailed since July 9 after U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services revoked the asylum status he was granted in 2018. That status allowed him to live and work legally in the U.S., where he most recently served as

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