Imam Ayman Soliman, a former chaplain at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, was suddenly detained by ICE after his asylum status, granted in 2018 after fleeing persecution in Egypt, was revoked. The process to strip his asylum began under the Biden administration in late 2024 and was finalized in June 2025. His arrest during a routine check-in has left the Cincinnati community in shock and uproar, raising urgent questions about due process and the fate of non-criminal immigrants. MSNBC’s ‘The Weekend: Primetime’ talk to community members who knew Imam Soliman and an immigration lawyer about his complicated case.
