Yassmin Abdel-Magied deported from US

SHARIA law advocate and Muslim activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied has been deported from the US just three hours after landing in the country.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied has been deported from the United States. Picture: Chris Pavlich

SHARIA law advocate and Muslim activist Yassmin Abdel-Magied has been deported from the US just three hours after landing in the country.

The controversial speaker and former ABC presenter was booked to speak in New York next Wednesday at the PEN World Voices festival but tweeted that she was “on a plane back” after being held by immigration officials at a Minneapolis airport.

Yassmin Abdel-Magied caused outrage by making insensitive comments about Anzac Day.

She says US authorities still have her passport and it won’t return it until she is in a foreign country.

Roughly three hours since touch down in Minneapolis, I’m on a plane back. Subhanallah. Well, guess that tightening of immigration laws business is working, despite my Australian passport. We’re taking off now. What a time...

— Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@yassmin_a) April 12, 2018

Oh, and they still have my passport. Apparently I can’t be trusted with it until I’m in a foreign country because, as Officer Blees said, ‘planes get turned away back way too often and then...’

— Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@yassmin_a) April 12, 2018

Plane is up. See y’all on the other side, inshallah.

— Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@yassmin_a) April 12, 2018

US Customs and Border Protection have confirmed that Ms Abdel-Magied was turned away because she did not have the correct visa.

The US CBP said she did not have the appropriate visa to receive payment for her speaking engagements and she was denied admission.

According to the CBP, Ms Abdel-Magied is eligible to re-apply for a US visa in the future.

Earlier, Abdel-Magied tweeted about being held at the airport.

“I’m currently at the border and they’ve said I’m being deported,” she wrote.

“This should be fun. What are my rights.

“They’ve taken my phone, cancelled my visa and are deporting me. Will follow up on messages once I understand what’s going on.”

Her 50,000 Twitter followers quickly leapt to her defence by sharing numbers for the Australian Consulate while blaming “Trump’s world” on her predicament.

Ms Abdel-Magied — who claims to be Australia’s “most hated Muslim” — was awarded a prestigious prize for free speech price earlier this year by Human rights group Liberty Victoria.

** if they will let me in. I’m currently at the border and they’ve said I’m being deported. This should be fun. What are my rights ? https://t.co/fv12WoSSwf

— Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@yassmin_a) April 11, 2018

They’ve taken my phone, cancelled my visa and are deporting me. Will follow up on messages once I understand what’s going on. https://t.co/uT61v8cZXG

— Yassmin Abdel-Magied (@yassmin_a) April 11, 2018

She moved to London last year after being heavily criticised for her advocacy of sharia law and making insensitive comments about Anzac Day.

Ms Abdel-Magied claimed Anzac Day should be spent thinking about Manus Island detainees, not Diggers.

Presenter Abdel-Magied, who labels herself “first and foremost … Muslim”, caused outrage after hijacking the sacred “Lest We Forget” tribute in a sickening insult to the nation’s war dead.

As soldiers marched across the nation, the Sudan-born Abdel-Magied posted on Facebook: “Lest. We. Forget. (Manus, Nauru, Syria, Palestine ...)”

Ms Abdel-Magied deleted the social media post after being slammed by her followers.

The former host of ABC 24’s Saturday morning Australia Wide quickly amended the post to simply say “Lest. We. Forget” and issued an apology.

“It was brought to my attention that my last post was disrespectful, and for that I unreservedly apologise,” she wrote.

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