U.S. immigration authorities detained the prominent British Muslim journalist and commentator Sami Hamdi on Sunday at San Francisco International Airport. Hamdi was detained hours after he spoke in Sacramento at a gala for CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations. In a statement, CAIR said, “Abducting a prominent British Muslim journalist and political commentator on a speaking tour in the United States because he dared to criticize the Israeli government’s genocide is a blatant affront to free speech.” The far-right activist Laura Loomer, who has described herself as a “proud Islamophobe,” took credit for his detention, saying she had pressured the Trump administration to revoke his visa.