CHICAGO TRIBUNE
by Jason Meisner
November 10, 2014
A Palestinian activist from Chicago was ordered taken into custody Monday after she was found guilty of lying on immigration and citizenship papers by concealing her conviction for a deadly terrorist bombing in Israel more than 40 years ago.
A federal jury in Detroit deliberated about two hours before convicting Rasmieh Yousef Odeh, 67, of one count of unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization, a charge that carries a maximum of 10 years in prison and possible deportation.
After the verdict, about 80 of Odeh’s supporters held a rally outside the federal courthouse in downtown Detroit, where members of Chicago’s Palestinian community had packed the courtroom for the weeklong trial, said Hatem Abudayyeh, leader of the pro-Palestine group Committee to Stop FBI Repression.
In a video of the rally posted by supporters on YouTube, Odeh, who at the time was still free on bond, could be seen pumping her fist as the crowd chanted her name. Shouting into a bullhorn, Odeh urged the crowd to keep fighting against injustice and said she was not afraid of being behind bars……
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