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Wisconsin Law Journal
July 23, 2026

Milwaukee imam fights deportation in federal court
By USA Today Network


Salinardi, who is an assistant chief immigration judge based in Kansas City, rules against asylum claims at a high rate. He denies asylum claims 90% of the time, compared to a national average of 59%, according to Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse data. Before he was appointed by Democratic Attorney General Loretta Lynch in 2016, Salinardi was an attorney for ICE.


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