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U.S. immigration officials at first said Damra was escorted across the Allenby Bridge from Jordan to the West Bank. But later they acknowledged he was turned over to Israeli immigration officials.
Julia Shearson, director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Cleveland office, accused government officials of having an arrangement with Israel _ an allegation ICE denied.
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"This lawless behavior of our government must be stopped," Shearson said. "The American people must be made to realize that however great the risk and fear of terrorism, the risk of tyranny is ever greater."
Smadar Ben-Natan, Damra's Israeli lawyer, said her client was being treated well at the Kishon prison in northern Israel.
Damra will appear in court Jan. 25. Abdrabboh, his Detroit-based lawyer, said the hearing will have one of three outcomes _ he will be released, charged with a crime or detained longer.
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