Free Ibrahim! Another Casualty in the “War on Terror”

We previously reported on the efforts of the U.S. government to remove Ibrahim Parlak, a successful businessman in Michigan who immigrated to the United States from Turkey in 1991.  Acccording to the Detroit News, “[t]o federal prosecutors, he is a terrorist, mentioned in the same breath as Osama bin Laden. To his supporters, who are legion in the lakefront resort communities of west Michigan, he is the embodiment of the American dream. Somewhere between those wildly disparate views is Ibrahim Parlak, 47, a popular restaurant owner . . . .”

In August, over a truly stinging dissent by Judge Boyce Martin, the Sixth Circuit affirmed the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order that Parlak be removed from the country.  The saga continues.

KJ