A California court has ordered that a 23-year-old Egyptian student, who allegedly threatened Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Facebook, be deported. Emad El-Din Ali Mohamed Nasr El Sayed was arrested on the morning of 12 February 2016 for posting what authorities claimed was a death threat against Trump. “I am willing to kill Donald Trump and serve a life sentence,” wrote El Sayed on Facebook, according to his lawyer. “[T]he whole world would thank me for doing that.” However, charges against El Sayed for threatening Trump were quickly dropped by the authorities. Instead, his visa was revoked and he was taken to court for being in the United States without permission. In a hearing on March 1 before the Immigration Court in Los Angeles, Judge Riley was presented evidence by the prosecution that El Sayed’s enrollment at his school has been terminated and so he should be deported. The judge, despite evidence introduced that the Universal Air Academy (UAA) would be willing to re-enroll El Sayed, ruled that since the student does not have any valid immigration status then he should be removed from the country unless the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services…
Egyptian Student Who ‘Threatened Trump’ on Facebook to Be Deported
March 2, 2016
