Miami, July 09: Saddam Hussein's stepson has been deported to New Zealand after being detained on immigration violations when he arrived at a Florida flight school attended by one of the September 11 hijackers.
Mohammed Nour al-Din Saffi, 36, will remain in federal custody until he arrives in New Zealand, where he is a naturalised citizen, said Rodney Germain, an Immigration and Naturalisation Services spokesman in Miami.

No criminal charges are pending, Germain said on Tuesday.

The deportation on Monday was widely expected after Saffi was detained last week because he did not apply for a student visa that would have allowed him to take courses. Instead he travelled as a tourist under a visa waiver as a citizen of New Zealand.
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