Mahmoud Khalil judge says Trump can deport him over Columbia protests

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40% : Baher Azmy, the legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and one of Khalil's attorneys, told a press briefing on Thursday that Rubio's letter 'is a sort of tacky, Soviet-style diktat that's equal parts empty and chilling.' Khalil has said criticism of the US government's support of Israel's military occupation of Palestinian territories is being wrongly conflated with antisemitism. Khalil played a leading role in igniting pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University last month, and although he has not been accused of any crime, Trump officials said he was detained because he 'led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization' Mahmoud Khalil's wife, Noor Abdalla (pictured) is eight months pregnant, and he wrote in his letter behind bars: 'I hope nonetheless to be free to witness the birth of my first-born child.' His lawyers are expected to appeal today's ruling.
38% : His detention sparked a wave of protests in the Big Apple and beyond. Khalil's arrest sparked protests in New York, seen in lower Manhattan on March 12, 2025 Khalil said that he believes his arrest was the result of 'anti-Palestinian racism' in 'both the Biden and Trump administrations', and claimed he was being made an example of to act as a deterrent to other would-be activists.

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