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Prominent Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil will remain in an ICE
detention facility in Louisiana for now following a procedural hearing in
New York, days after he was arrested by federal officials at his Columbia University residence in an attempt by the Trump administration to deport
him.
Khalil was arrested and detained on Saturday over his role in protests
against the Israel-Hamas war at Columbia University last spring. His green
card was revoked by the Trump administration, his lawyer said, but New
York federal Judge Jesse Furman blocked any immediate effort to deport
Khalil until his attorneys and the federal government appear in court.
In court Wednesday, Furman ordered that Khalil be allowed at least one
call Wednesday and one Thursday with his counsel as they prepare to meet briefing deadlines, after his attorneys asked the court to help them gain better access to their client.
“We literally have not been able to confer with our client once since he
was taken off the streets of New York City,” Ramzi Kassem, an attorney for Khalil, said.
“He was taken by US government agents in retaliation, essentially, for exercising his First Amendment rights, for speaking up in defense of Palestinians in Gaza and beyond, for being critical of the US government
and of the Israeli government,” Kassem said outside court following the
hearing Wednesday.
Khalil’s move to Louisiana was “further retaliation,” Kassem said, for exercising his constitutional right to file a habeas corpus petition.
Department of Justice attorneys said at the hearing they will attempt to
move the proceedings out of New York to New Jersey, where Khalil was
initially taken after his arrest, or Louisiana, where he is currently
detained.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/us/mahmoud-khalil-trump-columbia- university/index.html
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