Overview

• ICE says it arrested Iyad Abuelhawa on June 2 and is holding him in a Montgomery County, Texas, facility under a 2009 deportation order.
• Abuelhawa’s attorney reports uncontrolled diabetes and a heart condition, loss of leg sensation, use of a wheelchair, and a lack of needed insulin and monitoring in custody.
• The lawyer says multiple parole requests have been rejected and notes that Abuelhawa’s wife has petitioned for his release.
• ICE and DHS describe Abuelhawa as an Israeli-born Jordanian with prior convictions and deny any medical neglect, while his attorney calls him a stateless Palestinian and disputes the agency’s account.
• The detention follows ICE’s May arrest of business partner Roland Beainy, who was released on bond in June pending immigration proceedings.