COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Faith leaders from across Ohio gathered at the Statehouse on Monday to call for Gov. Mike DeWine to release a man being held in Butler County after he was arrested by ICE agents in July.
Imam Ayman Soliman, of Cincinnati, was granted asylum in 2018 and was serving as chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital when he was detained during an immigration check-in.
“He does no belong with criminals,” said Khalid Turaani with CAIR Ohio. “And most importantly, he does not belong in solitary confinement. Why would you put someone like Imam Ayman Soliman in solitary confinement unless it is punitive? And it is punitive. We’re very concerned about it.”…