A computer-engineering professor at the University of Central Florida -- an associate of two prominent Palestinians facing federal charges -- was arrested Wednesday and charged with immigration violations. Hussam Jubara, 42, also known as Hosam, was arrested at his home south of Orlando by FBI and immigration agents and Orange County deputy sheriffs. Jubara, a visiting professor at UCF, was charged with making false statements on immigration forms used to fight U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service deportation proceedings in 1998, a federal affidavit says. Prosecutors allege that Jubara lied about a prior marriage in 1984; misrepresented his immigration history; and...
