Michel Shehadeh speaks on issues facing Palestinians

Michel Shehadeh and 7 others are known as the LA8. In 1987 he was arrested in paramilitary raids in Los Angeles by the FBI and the INS. The government and the media accused them of being a "terrorist" and began attempts to deport them. But the government's accusations against the LA8 involved legal activities such as distributing newspapers, participating in demonstrations, and organizing humanitarian aid fundraisers for Palestinians in the Middle East.

Now Michel Shehadeh is facing deportation under the USA PATRIOT Act.

On 28 September, Michel Shehadeh spoke in San Francisco.