US to deport Pak imam seized in terrorism probe
A Muslim cleric in California believed by US officials to be a contact man for a Pakistani-American who trained at an al-Qaeda camp agreed on Monday to be deported.
Shabbir Ahmed, 39, a former imam for a mosque in Lodi, California, will be sent to his native Pakistan as part of an agreement with the US government, which had charged him with overstaying his visa.
Ronald Le Fevre, chief counsel for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco, said Ahmed's agreement to be deported would remove "a threat from our midst."
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "Once he leaves the United States, Ahmed will no longer be in a position to advance any doctrine of hate from within our community," Le Fevre said.
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