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Home » Press Releases » Free Salah Sarsour Campaign: National pressure grows to free Palestinian-American community leader Salah Sarsour from ICE detention: Half a dozen members of Congress condemn his wrongful detention alongside over a dozen WI lawmakers and 200+ organizations
(MILWAUKEE, WI, 5/21/2026) - More than six Members of Congress have expressed alarm over ICE’s detention of Salah Sarsour, a Palestinian-American community leader and legal U.S. resident of over 30 years. They join over a dozen Wisconsin lawmakers in calling for his release from ICE. Alongside WI Senator Tammy Baldwin’s, Members of Congress include representatives Mark Pocan, Gwen Moore, Greg Casa...