DALLAS — A North Texas Muslim community leader will be removed from the U.S., according to an organization representing him.

Marwan Marouf, a Palestinian born in Kuwait and raised in Jordan who first came to the U.S. on a student visa in 1993, according to his representation, has been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since he was initially detained on September 22 .

According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Marouf had been denied a lawful permanent resident visa because of his alleged connections to the Holy Land Foundation case , a high-profile federal prosecution in the early 2000s.

This week, the Muslim Legal Fund of America says he accepted a removal order. Attorneys with the Muslim Legal Fund of America said in closing arguments shared wit

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