Suspect in attack on controversial activist Jake Long is an illegal immigrant who served 15 years for murder
A suspect in a caught-on-camera attack on right-wing provocateur Jake Long is a “criminal illegal alien from Iraq” who previously served a lengthy prison sentence for a murder in Detroit, according to the feds.
Abbas Abdoush, 57, emigrated to the US from Iraq in 1992, but lost his legal status when he was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 for intentionally crashing a borrowed van into a woman in Detroit in 1998, according to court records viewed by Detroit News.
Abdoush served more than 15 years and ordered to be removed from the US in June 2022, according to ICE.
However, he was arrested Aug. 2 at the annual Arbaeen celebration in Muslim-heavy Dearborn for allegedly assaulting Lang as the controversial campaigner shouted anti-immigrant, pro-ICE rhetoric through a bullhorn from the sidewalk.
“We support ICE. We do not want these illegal immigrants here. … I speak the name of Jesus,” Lang can be seen saying on video at one point during the event.
Another video shows a man punching Lang from behind before several others chased him through a parking lot, pummeling him and pelting him with rocks until an officer put him in a police cruiser and told the crowd to disperse, the outlet writes.
Abdoush was arrested along with two 25-year-old men, one from Detroit and another from Dearborn.
ICE arrested the “criminal illegal alien from Iraq” when he was released from police custody on Aug. 5.
“Abdoush was legally admitted to the United States in 1992 and eventually became an [Lawful Permanent Resident]. He later violated the terms of that legal admission following a 1999 conviction for murder,” the agency said in a statement, noting he was ordered removed from the US in June 2022.
“He remains in ICE custody at North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, Michigan,” ICE said Wednesday. “He will receive full due process.”
It was not immediately known if he had retained a lawyer.
Lang was involved in another clash between groups of protesters in Dearborn last year, after which he threatened the city, mayor and police chief with a lawsuit alleging they failed to provide adequate protection.
He also took part in the Jan. 6 US Capitol riots and served four years in prison for his role in the attack. In March, he was accused of threatening a Capitol Police officer during a March event marking five years since the civil unrest in Washington, DC.
Lang sought a US Senate seat in Florida — pledging to “ban Islam” as his first act in office if elected — but ended his candidacy after he failed to qualify for the 2026 Republican primary.
His antics have earned him strong disdain among some members of the Muslim community — including the ISIS-inspired teen bombing suspects arrested during a protest outside Gracie Mansion in April — who mused about blowing lang “in half” in dashcam footage on their way to the demonstration.
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