Chicago Palestinian Activist Accused of Immigration Fraud

posted on: Oct 23, 2013

An Arab-American community activist has been arrested in Chicago on charges of immigration fraud. Rasmieh Odeh is accused of concealing her detention in an Israeli prison 40 years ago on bombing charges. Odeh works as an associate director at the Arab American Action Network, a Chicago-area group that works on behalf of new immigrants and campaigns against anti-Arab discrimination. In a statement, the activist group Committee to Stop FBI Repression said Odeh’s arrest appears linked to the case of 23 antiwar activists subpoenaed by the FBI in 2010.

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