A Houston, Texas, immigration court judge on Thursday ordered the removal of Marwan Marouf, a Muslim, Dallas-area leader, renowned for decades of community service. The decision concluded the final merits hearing of his immigration case and marked the 60th day of his detention at the Bluebonnet Detention Center.

Judge Abdias E. Tida brought the decision to remove Marouf to Jordan, where he has citizenship, after 30 minutes of deliberation and an hourslong hearing. He denied Marouf’s new request for a grant of voluntary departure, arguing that the government’s charges that Marouf engaged in terrorist activity made him ineligible. Tida, while sympathetic to concerns of Marouf’s health, also found that he did not have the authority to compel the government to remove him as soon as possible,

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