A British political commentator who was held in US immigration custody for more than two weeks has described the squalid conditions he experienced in a California detention facility.

Sami Hamdi was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at San Francisco International Airport in California on 26 October after travelling to the country for a speaking tour about US support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

He spent the next 18 days in a detention facility, sleeping in a hall with around 90 other people also facing deportation as part of the US Government’s sweeping immigration crackdown. New Feature

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After a battle in the courts, Hamdi was released earlier this week and allowed to return to the UK, landing in London on Th

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