The family of Sami Hamdi, the British journalist being held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is to be released, his family have said.

He was detained by US immigration at San Francisco International Airport on 26 October.

After his arrest, a spokeswoman for the US Department of Homeland Security said his visa had been revoked as "those who support terrorism and undermine American national security will not be allowed to work or visit this country".

Conservative figures had been urging the Trump administration to expel Hamdi from the US after he spoke at a gala for the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) in California and was due to speak at one of the group's events in Florida.

CAIR attacked the detention in late October and accused the Trump administration o

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