YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio: An Ohio businessman who faces deportation to his native Jordan may be able to stay in the United States for about six months while his case is reviewed.
A US House subcommittee vote Thursday requested the Department of Homeland Security review Amer Othman’s case and report back. Youngstown-area Democratic US Rep. Tim Ryan says similar votes under past administrations would halt deportation proceedings for six months while cases are reviewed.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials took the businessman into custody Tuesday before his expected deportation.
ICE says courts have held Othman doesn’t have a legal basis to remain.
ICE said in a statement Friday it’s reviewing the committee’s written notification requesting that deportation be delayed. ICE also says Othman is being medically monitored while continuing his hunger strike.
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Jordanian businessman may get 6-month delay in US deportation
Jordanian businessman may get 6-month delay in US deportation
Trump says prefers to solve Iran crisis through diplomacy
- But warned that he would never allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapon
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he wanted to solve the confrontation with Iran through diplomatic means but warned that he would never allow Tehran to develop nuclear weapons.
“We are in negotiations with them, they want to make a deal but we haven’t heard those secret words: ‘We will never have a nuclear weapon,’” Trump said in his State of the Union speech.
“My preference is to solve this problem through diplomacy but one thing is certain: I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon.”
“We are in negotiations with them, they want to make a deal but we haven’t heard those secret words: ‘We will never have a nuclear weapon,’” Trump said in his State of the Union speech.
“My preference is to solve this problem through diplomacy but one thing is certain: I will never allow the world’s number one sponsor of terror, which they are by far, to have a nuclear weapon.”
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