# Witness says U.S. deportation effort against Palestinian mosque leader relies on coerced confessions

https://mins.news/en/item/13609

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-05 03:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://bit.ly/458UPor

> A former attorney testified that Israeli authorities pressured the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque into confessing to crimes. The attorney said the United States is improperly relying on those convictions in its effort to deport the Palestinian leader. The testimony places the method used to obtain the confessions and the legality of the deportation effort at the center of the case.