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| Egyptian student agrees to leave US after Trump comment | Egyptian student agrees to leave US after Trump comment |
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| A student pilot from Egypt has agreed to leave the US after posting on Facebook that the world would thank him if he killed Donald Trump. | A student pilot from Egypt has agreed to leave the US after posting on Facebook that the world would thank him if he killed Donald Trump. |
| Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, was not charged with a crime but the US authorities sought to deport him, his attorney, Hani Bushra, said. | Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, was not charged with a crime but the US authorities sought to deport him, his attorney, Hani Bushra, said. |
| Immigration authorities said they would allow him to return home voluntarily as long as he departed by 5 July. | Immigration authorities said they would allow him to return home voluntarily as long as he departed by 5 July. |
| Mr Elsayed is being held in a jail in California after his visa was revoked. | Mr Elsayed is being held in a jail in California after his visa was revoked. |
| Mr Bushra said on Monday that Mr Elsayed's detention was illegal. | Mr Bushra said on Monday that Mr Elsayed's detention was illegal. |
| "He's being detained, I think, primarily because he's a Muslim and he's a Middle Easterner," Mr Bushra told the AP news agency. "This kid is going to become a poster boy for hating America." | "He's being detained, I think, primarily because he's a Muslim and he's a Middle Easterner," Mr Bushra told the AP news agency. "This kid is going to become a poster boy for hating America." |
| US Secret Service agents interviewed Mr Elsayed in early February after he posted a photo of Mr Trump on Facebook and wrote he was willing to serve a life sentence for killing the billionaire, and the world would thank him, Mr Bushra said. | US Secret Service agents interviewed Mr Elsayed in early February after he posted a photo of Mr Trump on Facebook and wrote he was willing to serve a life sentence for killing the billionaire, and the world would thank him, Mr Bushra said. |
| Mr Elsayed had said earlier that he never intended to hurt anyone. He said wrote the post because of Mr Trump's comments about Muslims. | |
| Mr Trump, who is leading the race for the Republican nomination for the presidency, has promised a crackdown on immigration. He has vowed to build a wall along the entire Mexican border and called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country. | Mr Trump, who is leading the race for the Republican nomination for the presidency, has promised a crackdown on immigration. He has vowed to build a wall along the entire Mexican border and called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the country. |