The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Muslim activist who praised Hamas’s 2023 terrorist attack on Israel and plans on deporting him.
Sami Hamdi, a Muslim activist from the United Kingdom, alleged to have ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in San Francisco over the weekend while on a U.S. speaking tour.
The Department of Homeland Security posted a video clip on X of Hamdi discussing the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack on Israel and saying, “How many of you feel it in your hearts when you got the news that it happened? How many of you felt the euphoria?”
DHS said “The U.S. has no obligation to host foreigners, like Sami Hamdi, who support terrorism and actively undermine the safety of Americans. And we won’t.”
Following the October 7 terror attack, Sami Hamdi cheered on the terrorist attack: “How many of you felt it in your hearts when you got the news that it happened? How many of you felt the euphoria? Allah Akbar!”
The U.S. has no obligation to host foreigners, like Sami Hamdi, who… pic.twitter.com/BicQGQik4L
— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) October 27, 2025
Amy Mek of the RAIR Foundation urged the Trump administration to deport Hamdi on X.
“A foreign national is moving freely across the United States — speaking from mosques, universities, and CAIR-run stages — while training U.S. Muslims in digital agitation, electoral sabotage, and political warfare in alignment with Muslim Brotherhood doctrine,” she said. “Sami Hamdi is not a journalist passing through America — he is a deployed actor from an overseas cadre system that grooms Western Muslims for on-shore mobilization.”
🚨 NATIONAL SECURITY THREAT — DHS MUST DEPORT SAMI HAMDI
A foreign national is moving freely across the United States — speaking from mosques, universities, and CAIR-run stages — while training U.S. Muslims in digital agitation, electoral sabotage, and political warfare in… pic.twitter.com/hJyobLkPD5
— Amy Mek (@AmyMek) October 22, 2025
The Muslim activist group CAIR is representing Hamdi in a lawsuit to block his deportation.
“We were heartened to see that Sami Hamdi is in positive spirits despite his abduction and the ongoing deprivation of his freedom and more dedicated than ever before to continue standing in solidarity with Americans advocating for free speech, human rights, and justice for all,” CAIR said in a statement. “We have filed for a temporary restraining order to ensure that the government does not disappear Mr. Hamdi into a faraway detention facility, cut off from his legal team, while his case unfolds.”
DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that “Under President Trump, those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country. It’s commonsense.”
Thanks to the work of @Sec_Noem and @SecRubio and the men and women of law enforcement, this individual’s visa was revoked and he is in ICE custody pending removal.
Under President Trump, those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed… https://t.co/JByZdGznpb
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) October 26, 2025
