Convicted Murderer Released Then Immediately Deported After Michigan Assault

An Iraqi man standing trial for beating an anti-Muslim activist at a Michigan protest turns out to be a convicted murderer who has no legal right to be here, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed. Abbas Abdoush is facing deportation now that he was released from jail after the assault on Jake Lang.

Abdoush, 57 years old, faced charges of assault and other crimes following the attack in Dearborn on August 2. The victim, Lang, was protesting a Muslim religious gathering. He used a bullhorn to shout, "We support ICE. We do not want these illegal immigrants here. I speak the name of Jesus." Footage captured Abdoush and others striking Lang during the violent confrontation.

A judge set bail days later but kept Abdoush on a tether. He walked free barely twenty-four hours before Homeland Security Investigations agents grabbed him right outside the jail. Officials told the Detroit News he was then moved directly into ICE custody. The agency now calls him "a criminal illegal alien from Iraq" who killed a woman back in 1999.

ICE stated that Abdoush entered the US legally in 1992 and became a lawful permanent resident. He broke the terms of that status after his 1999 murder conviction. The agency ordered his removal in 2022, yet he appealed, leaving the case pending before the Board of Immigration Appeals.

Court records show the fatal incident happened on January 25, 1998. Abdoush drove into southwest Detroit and intentionally struck a woman with his vehicle. Witnesses saw her standing near Michigan Avenue talking to someone in a van. As she walked away, the driver tried to hit her. The car spun around, came back at high speed, ran her over, and kept driving. Police found her face down in the street, gurgling for breath. She suffered a stroke four days later and died.

He served time from May 1999 until June 2014 before parole, according to Jenni Riehle of the Michigan Department of Corrections. Now he is back at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan. Lang plans another protest despite the attack. He was one of more than 1,500 Capitol riot defendants pardoned by President Trump last year.

Jake Lang is a pardoned January 6 rioter who served four years in prison before claiming he sues Dearborn for failing to protect him. He says he plans another protest against Muslims there on August 18 despite being attacked several times.

Dearborn police spokesman Cpl Dan Bartok told the Free Press that officers did not collaborate or work with HSI, ICE, or any other federal agency on Abdoush's arrest and detention. The department follows a policy of not cooperating with federal immigration agencies.

ICE called Abdoush a criminal illegal alien from Iraq and revealed his history of violence in a statement. Agents were pictured standing near protestors at the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey.

Bartok added that Abdoush was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement likely due to his tether. He was legally admitted to the United States in 1992 but violated terms following a 1999 conviction for murder according to ICE records.

The activist is thirty-one years old, comes from Florida, and runs for US Senate. He has stated that if elected he would ban Islam. His rhetoric remains divisive even as legal challenges mount against him in the city.

Abdoush faces charges of battery and malicious destruction of property along with the assault charge. He is expected to be arraigned in Dearborn's 19th District Court on September 21.

Chief Issa Shahin of the Dearborn Police Department appeared to acknowledge Lang's return by urging residents not to engage with the provocateur. He asked people to stay home and avoid confronting individuals or groups from outside their community. The statement was also released in Arabic.

The Daily Mail has reached out to ICE, HSI, the Dearborn Police Department and Jake Lang for comment on these developing events. Residents remain divided as tensions rise ahead of the upcoming protest date.