At the August 30, 2026 Jewish American Summit in Los Angeles, Mosab Hassan Yousef said he did not want Muslims in America, used profanity to tell Muslims to leave the United States, and told them to return to and reform the countries they came from. Audience members applauded. Critics characterized the remarks and the response as anti-Muslim bigotry; the dispute also concerns responsibility among the event's organizers, sponsors, speakers, and public commentators.
Vice President JD Vance said Maine’s decline in overdose deaths followed the Trump administration’s sealing of the border. State data confirm a decline in 2025, but the trend began before the administration took office. Drug-policy and public-health researchers cited multiple potential contributors and said the available evidence does not establish border policy as the cause.
On April 11, 2026, the U.S. State Department said it had terminated the lawful permanent resident status of Seyed Eissa Hashemi, Maryam Tahmasebi, and their son, and that ICE had them in custody pending removal. Officials cited family ties and foreign-policy or national-security grounds; the family, its lawyers, and other commentators have disputed the action as family-based punishment. This case records those competing positions without deciding the legal validity of the action or the family’s current status.
Yousef's remarks and the audience applause constituted anti-Muslim hate and warranted an apology and repudiation from the summit and its sponsors.
"I'm trying to imagine the reaction from our media and politicians if a speaker at a 'Muslim American Summit' said, to loud applause, 'I don't want Jews in America.'"
Why we used this label
The analogy presents the statement as plainly discriminatory and exposes what Hasan argues is a double standard in the response.
Role at the time: drug-policy or public-health researcher
Challenged the characterization
Responding to
Maine’s decrease in overdose deaths in 2025 and 2026 occurred because the Trump administration sealed the border.
"“The evidence supports multiple factors for this reduction in overdose deaths, especially fentanyl deaths, rather than pointing to closing the U.S. border as a single cause.”"
Why we used this label
The statement directly rejects the characterization of border closure as the sole established cause.
Role at the time: Organization identified by the @LibertyIranian X account
Defended or excused
Responding to
U.S. termination of the Hashemi–Tahmasebi family’s residency status and ICE detention
"Permanent residency in the United States is not an entitlement that must be extended to relatives of senior regime figures simply because the relatives themselves have not been charged with a U.S. crime."
Why we used this label
The post expressly supports carrying out removal, while not addressing detention conditions or duration.
