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However, after a moment, the DHS agents stated that the State Department had ‘revoked that too.’ Khalil’s wife then phoned his attorney, who spoke with the agents in an attempt to intervene,
WAWOG said
ICE’s arrest and detention of Mahmoud follows the US government’s open repression of student activism and political speech, specifically targeting students at Columbia University for criticism of Israel’s assault on Gaza,
Khalil’s attorney Amy Greer said(Khalil) had so much moral clarity about why it was important that we advocate against genocide, and how, considering all of the privilege that we had, we had to use it in order to advocate for those who do not have that privilege,
Jude Taha, a student reporter who graduated from Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism told CNN
To act as if everybody in the movement is supporting Hamas is a vast oversimplification,
Cohen saidThe Department of Homeland Security’s lawless decision to arrest him solely because of his peaceful anti-genocide activism represents a blatant attack on the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech, immigration laws, and the very humanity of Palestinians,
CAIR addedKhalil is a lawful permanent resident of our nation who has not been charged with or convicted of a single crime,
the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, said in a statement
He is uncompromising on his principles, and uncompromising about making sure that we make this about Palestine,
Khan saidTo all the resident aliens who joined in the pro-jihadist protests, we put you on notice: come 2025, we will find you, and we will deport you. I will also quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathizers on college campuses, which have been infested with radicalism like never before,
Trump said in a fact sheet published with the executive order
We will be revoking the visas and/or green cards of Hamas supporters in America so they can be deported,
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X in response to reports of Khalil’s detentionHe has other tweets defending free speech, meanwhile, he’s trying to suppress anti-war dissent,
Cohen said, referring to Trump’s support of the January 6 riotersEveryone is scared, everyone’s angry,
she addedWe are also aware of multiple reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accessing or attempting to access Columbia campus buildings on Friday and Saturday, including undergraduate dorms,
the union said
We have not been able to get any more details about why he is being detained,
Greer told the AP
I have around 13 allegations against me, most of them are social media posts that I had nothing to do with,
Khalil told the AP last weekThis has the appearance of a retaliatory action against someone who expressed an opinion the Trump administration didn’t like,
said Camille Mackler, founder of Immigrant ARC, a coalition of legal service providers in New YorkThey just want to show Congress and right-wing politicians that they’re doing something, regardless of the stakes for students,
he addedThere have been reports of ICE in the streets around campus. Columbia has and will continue to follow the law,
the university posted in a statement on the school's website
Last night ICE agents wrongfully arrested Mahmoud Khalil, claiming his student visa was revoked – even though Mahmoud is legal permanent resident (green card) and not in the U.S. on a student visa,
Greer saidWe want to again communicate to our campus community that we have a protocol in place, which includes phone numbers to call in case you are approached on or off campus. Consistent with this protocol, and consistent with our longstanding practice and the practice of cities and institutions throughout the country, law enforcement must have a judicial warrant to enter non-public University areas, including residential University buildings,
the statement saidCurrently, we do not know Mahmoud’s precise whereabouts. Initially, we were informed this morning that he had been transferred to an ICE facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey,
Greer added