Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia University
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Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist arrested by U.S. immigration agents in March, met his month-old son for the first time on Thursday before an immigration hearing,
Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been allowed to hold his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass divider.
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained since his arrest in March, took the stand Thursday during a hearing on his immigration status.
Mahmoud Khalil, the detained Palestinian activist who has become the public face of the Columbia University protests, got to hold his newborn child for the first time on Thursday ahead of his next
The chants were in reference to Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student who was detained in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The federal government had argued the Columbia University activist was a flight risk and could be apprehended without a warrant.
Khalil’s representatives said that ICE’s refusal stood in contrast to the agency’s directives encouraging contact visits and preserving parental rights.