Biography
Khader Hamide was one of the Los Angeles Eight, immigrants arrested and imprisoned in January 1987 in a case concerning alleged support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The deportation proceedings raised questions about political association and noncitizens' speech rights. The Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed the remaining charges against Hamide and Michel Shehadeh in October 2007. The two-decade litigation did not mean two decades of imprisonment.
Case history and verification
Khader Hamide was one of the Los Angeles Eight, immigrants arrested and imprisoned in January 1987 in a case concerning alleged support for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The deportation proceedings raised questions about political association and noncitizens' speech rights. The Board of Immigration Appeals dismissed the remaining charges against Hamide and Michel Shehadeh in October 2007. The two-decade litigation did not mean two decades of imprisonment.
Status reviewed October 8, 2026: Historical case. The profile records the last documented outcome; no current ICE custody is asserted.
Sources
Verified detail sources (October 8, 2026): ACLU Southern California’s October 31, 2007 announcement explicitly describes Khader Hamide and Michel Shehadeh as two men, identifying the LA8 proceedings. The dismissal date is not treated as a release from custody. Source 1.
Photo source: Los Angeles Times. Photo by Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times. Source image reproduced without further alteration.
