The president of a national Muslim group has resigned from Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine’s newly formed immigration panel after a Shenandoah Valley delegate accused the group of radicalism and “questionable motives.”
Esam Omeish, an Alexandria surgeon and head of the Alexandria-based Muslim American Society, resigned from the panel after Kaine was “made aware of certain statements he has made which concern me,” according to a statement from the governor Thursday.
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