US EditionRubio confirms ICE arrest of pro-Palestinian Columbia student protest leader
- The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist who organized protests about the Gaza war, raises concerns over protections for foreign students and green card holders against deportation.
- Khalil is detained in Jena, Louisiana, awaiting court proceedings that may lead to deportation without being convicted of any crime.
- Officials assert that Khalil's arrest is linked to orders against antisemitism, with the argument that support for Hamas forfeits rights to remain in the U.S..
- Khalil has not been charged with any wrongdoing, and his lawyer claimed agents initially acted on a State Department order before switching to green card revocation.
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Mahmoud Khalil is protected by First Amendment, no matter what Trump administration says
Although Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident of the United States, the Trump administration says he is "subject to removal" because Secretary of State Marco Rubio "has determined" that his "presence or activities" would "have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences." That vague rationale, which alludes to Khalil's participation in anti-Israel protests as a graduate student at Columbia University, is an open-ended license…
'I am a political prisoner,' says Palestinian Columbia graduate student facing deportation
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University Palestinian graduate student who the Trump administration is seeking to deport for his role in pro-Palestinian protests, called himself a political prisoner on Tuesday, in his first direct comments since his detention.
Rubio, Speaker Johnson, and Senate Republicans Voice Support For Trump Administration’s Decision to Deport Pro-Hamas Organizer › American Greatness
Hundreds of demonstrators rallied outside the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan Wednesday to demand the release of pro-Hamas organizer Mahmoud Khalil, whose arrest over the […] Source
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