Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian protester at Columbia, contests a federal claim about his transfer to a Louisiana detention facility, alleging it was politically motivated rather than due to a supposed bedbug infestation in New Jersey. Despite government assertions of his imminent deportation from a legally tenuous immigration status, Khalil maintains that he was not informed of any bedbug issues during his detention at the Elizabeth facility. His lawyers argue the timing and details of his transfer suggest ulterior motives, as Khalil seeks to avoid missing the birth of his child.
The entire time I was in Elizabeth, I did not hear anyone mention bedbugs.
The feds said they also chose to move Khalil to Louisiana - over 1,100 miles away from his home - knowing that closer facilities in the Northeast were already overcrowded.
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