"Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed in March for taking part in campus protests at Columbia University as a graduate student. He was the first noncitizen student targeted and arrested by the Trump administration for pro-Palestine speech, detained for months, first in New Jersey, then in Louisiana, before a federal district judge in New Jersey granted a habeas petition in his case, saying his constitutional rights had likely been violated."
""The Trump administration is trying everything in its power to come after me, to put the full weight of the government to actually make an example out of me," Khalil tells Democracy Now! "The U.S. government has not brought a shred of evidence that I broke any laws." This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form."
Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University, was arrested in March for participating in campus protests and detained for months in New Jersey and Louisiana. He missed the birth of his son, Deen, while incarcerated. A federal district judge in New Jersey granted a habeas petition, finding likely constitutional violations. A split 2-1 decision by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals reversed that ruling, stating Khalil should have appealed his removal order through immigration court first. Advocates warn the decision could enable the Trump administration to rearrest and deport Khalil. Legal counsel contend immigration courts are part of the executive branch.
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