Posted on 04/07/2009 7:38:04 AM PDT by La Lydia
Youssef Megahed, fresh off being acquitted by a federal jury on explosives charge, was shopping with his father, Samir, Monday..."We were surrounded by men...," said Samir. "They did not allow me to talk to Youssef...Then Youssef was whisked away... Megahed...was arrested on an immigration warrant, according to his attorney...agents of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement made the arrest.
"Mr. Megahed has been placed into removal proceedings and is being held in ICE custody pending the outcome of his case," said James P. Judge, local ICE spokesman....
Allen said he thinks Megahed will be taken from Tampa to ICE's Krome Detention Center in Miami. Megahed is an Egyptian citizen. Allen said Megahed has been a lawful permanent resident of this country since he was 11 and he and his family have pending applications for citizenship. His father, Samir, said his son was "kidnapped'' by immigration authorities.
...immigration officials will have an easier task than federal prosecutors had in the criminal case....the burden of proof in an immigration case is a predominance of the evidence rather than a criminal case's standard of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt...said ICE officials could grant Megahed bond but that its policy under President George W. Bush was always to deny doing so, leaving it up to the immigration judge.
The bond issue could determine the pace of the case, Lewis said. He said if bond is granted, cases are usually transferred to Orlando, where they take about 18 months to resolve. He said the average for cases remaining in Krome is about four weeks.... (His co-defendant) Mohamed pleaded guilty to helping terrorists and is serving 15 years in federal prison for posting on YouTube a video in which he demonstrated how to use a remote-controlled toy to detonate a bomb...
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Sounds like an 80's hair band.
When did he get acquitted? And why? I missed that one...
ICE rips another poor child ripped from his parent’s bosom!
.......time to get the Rope and find a tall tree...
HOORAY ICE!
My only fear is that someone tells Janet Napolitano, and she gives him his walking papers, citizenship, and free ice cream forever.
He got acquitted last week. The jury was out for a few days. I KNEW that was a bad omen. Sure enough, they found him NOT GUILTY. I guess they figured he was just along for the ride with the other one in the car. His father was on the news last night, yelling about his son being “kidnapped!” Good Lord.
“Kidnapped” indeed! I can’t imagine how they could have let this guy off. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, though.
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