Marium Uddin, MLFA Legal Director Reads the Closing Argument for Marwan Marouf That Was Never Heard

This episode of The Fine Print shares the closing argument that was never delivered in court for Marwan Marouf — a 40-year Texas resident, father, and community leader detained by ICE despite full compliance with every requirement placed on him.

Written and read by Marium Uddin, Legal Director at Muslim Legal Fund of America (MLFA), this argument reveals what the judge should have heard: a clear breakdown of the government’s recycled fear-based tactics, their reliance on guilt-by-association, and the long shadow of biased narratives used to target Muslim and Palestinian Americans.

MLFA leads Marwan Marouf’s legal strategy, fighting for his humanitarian parole and challenging the broader system that fast-tracks detention, sidelines due process, and turns ordinary people into political targets.

This episode of The Fine Print brings that truth forward, unfiltered, unapologetic, and grounded in the legal reality Marwan never received in the courtroom.

Watch, share, and help lift MLFA’s work so Marwan and others like him aren’t left to face this system alone.