Europe EditionMahmoud Khalil permitted to hold newborn son for the first time despite government objections
- Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian detainee in a Louisiana jail, was finally able to embrace his one-month-old son on Thursday following a federal judge’s intervention against the government’s attempt to separate them with a plexiglass divider.
- Following a federal judge’s ruling that prevented the Trump administration from enforcing a plexiglass partition, Khalil was permitted to hold his infant son during a visit.
- Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia alumnus and permanent resident of the United States, has been held in jail since March 8 and faces deportation due to his involvement in demonstrations opposing the conflict in Gaza.
- Justice Department officials argued family visitation would grant Khalil a special privilege, while his attorneys claimed the denial was political retaliation and that his wife and son posed no security risk.
- The visit’s approval precedes Khalil’s immigration hearing and highlights tensions over his detention, with his case still pending in immigration and federal courts.
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The US Secretary of Homeland Security is ignorant of basic constitutional law. The tragic irony is that the secretary's mistake expresses what the Trump administration is trying to accomplish: arbitrary detention and reduced legal protection. It is individuals like Mahmoud Khalil who bear the consequences in the form of imprisonment and separation from his newborn son, writes US correspondent Jacob Fuglsang in this analysis.
Palestinian Columbia Activist Mahmoud Khalil Holds His Baby for First Time After Judge Intervenes - Quds News Network
New York (Quds News Network)- Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian Columbia University graduate and anti-genocide activist, held his newborn son for the first time on Thursday. This emotional meeting came after a federal judge blocked US immigration authorities from keeping the father and infant separated by a plastic divider. Khalil has been detained since March 8 at a jail in Jena, Louisiana. He is one of the first to be arrested under President Dona…
Mahmoud Khalil holds newborn son for the first time despite government objections
Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was allowed to hold his 1-month-old son for the first time Thursday after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father and infant separated by a plexiglass barrier.
Mahmoud Khalil: Jailed Activist Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time
Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil testified at his asylum hearing on Thursday, telling an immigration judge in Jena, Louisiana, that his deportation from the United States could lead to his “assassination, kidnapping, torture.” Hours before the hearing, Khalil was allowed to meet and hold his 1-month-old son Deen for the first time. The emotional moment came after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to kee
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