The imam of Bagnols-sur-Cèze (Gard) was arrested Thursday and placed in a detention center. Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin says provisions of the new immigration law would make it possible to carry out the expulsion procedure of the imam.
The legality of the home visit to which Mahjoubi was subjected is contested. The imam's lawyer promises to use all avenues of appeal, starting with his “referred expulsion” initiated before the Paris administrative court.