Convicted Terrorist Rasmea Odeh Deported

Christine Rousselle | September 21, 2017 4:30 PM

Convicted terrorist-turned-Women's March organizer Rasmea Odeh has been deported from the United States to Jordan after it was revealed that she lied on her application for a U.S. visa and for U.S. citizenship. Odeh did not state on her application that she was convicted in 1970 for two bombings in Jerusalem that resulted in the deaths of two people, and hence was tried for immigration fraud. After several appeals and a vacated sentence, on March 23, 2017 Odeh was sentenced to be deported and to be stripped of her U.S. citizenship. Her citizenship was formally revoked on August 17.

Odeh was one of the co-authors of the Women's March's "A Day Without A Woman" planned strike and was active in the Women's March activism.

Despite the relatively open-and-shut nature of the case, Odeh still has supporters who protested her deportation using the hashtag #HonorRasmea.

We cannot express the amount of sorrow felt, a broken system deported an amazing activist & organizer #HonorRasmea https://t.co/EE1H8RAwna pic.twitter.com/elFg3mrmgE
— WomensMarchIA (@WomensMarchIA) September 20, 2017

Rasmea Odeh, we'll never forget you. Thank you for devoting your life to liberation of women, immigrants, and all of Palestine #HonorRasmea
— Liza Behrendt (@lizaveta9) September 19, 2017

Today, Rasmea Odeh is being forced to depart the US after an almost four-year legal and political struggle. We #HonorRasmea. @Justice4Rasmea pic.twitter.com/fqdsNAVWFX
— Palestinian Rights (@US_Campaign) September 19, 2017

The Philippine national liberation movement expresses its solidarity with Rasmea and the Palestine liberation movement. #HonorRasmea pic.twitter.com/TnZiCK9ZFb
— #HonorRasmea (@Justice4Rasmea) September 19, 2017