Key facts
- Allison Alon, a transgender former Israeli military intelligence operative, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
- Alon was convicted of kidnapping, criminal threat, and drug possession.
- She previously held senior engineering roles at Amazon and Microsoft.
- Alon was arrested in September 2024 for a kidnapping incident in Dover, New Hampshire.
- Alon was sentenced to two to six years in prison and is now facing deportation.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has detained Allison Alon, a transgender woman with a background in Israeli military intelligence and senior engineering roles at tech companies, in Concord, New Hampshire. ICE described Alon as a "criminal illegal alien from Israel" with a criminal history that includes convictions for criminal threat, kidnapping, and drug possession.