Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
You’re gonna be under arrest, so turn around, turn around, turn around, turn around, turn around, let’s not OK, OK, he’s not resisting he’s giving me his phone, OK. I understand he’s not resisting to come with us. You guys really don’t need to be doing all of that. Have you? OK. Hi, Amy. Um, yeah, they, they just like handcuffed him and took him. I don’t know what to do. OK And what should I do? I don’t know. No Let me ask, um. Can we get *** name please can we get your name? I understand the lawyer is asking for your name. The lawyers asking for your name. She’s saying he’s saying they don’t give their names. I’m sorry, can you repeat that? She said she said they’re taking him to 26 Federal Plaza. Um, can you, can you please specify what agency is taking him, please? Excuse me, there nobody that they’re not talking to me. I don’t know. Um I, I like to, excuse me, the lawyer would like to speak to somebody. Oh my god, they’re literally like running away from me.
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Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Donald Trump’s clampdown on campus protests.The former Columbia University graduate student left a federal facility in Louisiana on Friday. He is expected to head to New York to reunite with his U.S. citizen wife and newborn son.Held for over three months, Khalil was released after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said it would be “highly, highly unusual” for the government to continue detaining a legal U.S. resident who was unlikely to flee and hadn’t been accused of any violence.This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Donald Trump’s clampdown on campus protests.
The former Columbia University graduate student left a federal facility in Louisiana on Friday. He is expected to head to New York to reunite with his U.S. citizen wife and newborn son.
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Held for over three months, Khalil was released after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz said it would be “highly, highly unusual” for the government to continue detaining a legal U.S. resident who was unlikely to flee and hadn’t been accused of any violence.
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.
