The Columbia University grad, who helped organize the school’s pro-Palestinian rallies, was detained Saturday night and told his student visa was being revoked, his attorney said.

Summary

A federal judge blocked the removal of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from the U.S. after his arrest by ICE.

Khalil, a Columbia University graduate who helped organize pro-Palestinian protests, was arrested Saturday by ICE agents who claimed his visa was revoked for supporting Hamas.

The Trump administration continues to claim he violated an executive order prohibiting anti-Semitism, though no evidence was provided. Protesters in NYC demand his release, calling the arrest unconstitutional.

His location remains unclear. The ACLU and immigrant rights groups argue the detention violates free speech, warning it sets a dangerous precedent.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    771·
    2 days ago

    Judge Jesse M. Furman said Khalil is to remain in the U.S. “to preserve the court’s jurisdiction” as the court weighs a filing challenging his arrest and planned deportation. A hearing was scheduled for Wednesday at federal court in New York City.

    Who wants to be they will deport him anyway? “oopsie, we all make mistakes, right?”

    • gibmiser@lemmy.world
      31·
      2 days ago

      They aren’t going to deport him, they ate going to put him in Guantanamo as I believe he does not have the same legal protections there.

      I think?

      • Arbiter@lemmy.world
        13·
        1 day ago

        It’s less about legal protections and more about logistical. It’s pretty damn hard for lawyers and the press to visit someone in gitmo.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        1 day ago

        I believe he does not have the same legal protections there. I think?

        That’s what been claimed, but it’s been tyrannical unconstitutional bullshit since 2001.

        • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
          111·
          1 day ago

          There are no objective criteria any more. They want him gone, he goes. By the time the court rules it’s illegal, he’ll already be in Guantanamo.

          • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 day ago

            We need to start arming ourselves and its past time to start putting bullets in ICE agents that come to remove citizens from their homes. How much are we going take? Does he literally need to start gasing the people he has locked up before we get off our ass and fight?

            Or are we going go the route that Germany did in 1942?

    • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 day ago

      Hell they already disappeared him. His fucking lawyer doesn’t know where he is at. He most likely already in Getmo and he isn’t coming back I’m afraid. Trump going show just how far he can get away with crimes. Hell at this rate we will get consonstration camps before June. Fucking wild how fast fascism is running rampant through our country and not a single politician is doing goddamm thing to stop it.