Egyptian student arrested after Trump threat agrees to leave

March 05, 2016 01:09

An Egyptian flight student who was arrested after posting threatening comments about Donald Trump on his Facebook page agreed today to leave the country by July.

Immigration authorities agreed to let Emadeldin Elsayed, 23, return to Egypt voluntarily instead of deporting him, so long as he departs by July 5. Elsayed, who is being held at a jail in Southern California, appeared at a hearing in immigration court in Los Angeles shackled and wearing a yellow jail jumpsuit.

His lawyer, Hani Bushra, told Immigration Judge Kevin Riley that he may seek another bond hearing for the aspiring pilot from Cairo because he believes Elsayed's detention is illegal.

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