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Sami Hamdi was detained by ICE at San Francisco International Airport on Sunday morning.

Hamdi was in the U.S. on a visitor visa . He was on his way to speak at a gala for the Council on American-Islamic Relations — or CAIR — in Florida.

His visa has since been revoked and he is being held at the Golden State Annex Facility in Kern County.

CAIR blamed the far-right influencer Laura Loomer for the incident, after she called for his detention online . This is at least the second time a post from Laura Loomer has influenced Department of Homeland Security operations.

Loomer is vehemently pro-israel and Hamdi is an outspoken critic. The Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization suspects his detainment was “because of his crit

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