ICE agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil -- a leader in Columbia University's encampment movement -- on Saturday night, said attorney Amy Greer.

Summary

ICE agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a leader in Columbia University’s encampment movement, claiming his student visa was revoked.

However, his attorney Amy Greer states he has a green card, not a student visa.

Despite filing a habeas corpus petition, Greer can’t locate where Khalil is being held, noting his eight-months-pregnant wife couldn’t find him at a New Jersey facility.

The arrest follows Trump’s March 4 social media threat to defund universities allowing “illegal protests” and deport “agitators.”

  • Edwardthefma99✡English
    -24•3 hours ago

    he isn’t being deported for his views its the fact he was a willing participate in a riot and committed a hate crime you don’t get to break our laws and expect to be allowed to stay

    • @ansizEnglish
      16•3 hours ago

      Lol, college students protesting on the college campus is not a riot, he’s not been officially charged with any crime either.

    • @Soup
      2•1 hour ago

      Where did you get “riot” from…? And hate crime? Riiight.

        • @Soup
          1•30 minutes ago
          1. Article is fairly old, though it is stated that Mahmoud is a leader of a sorts in the Columbia campus movement so we can guess he didn’t show up yesterday.
          2. These protests started peacefully ages ago and the current administration is outright banning them. What are they gunna do, just sit down and take it?
          3. Palestine is being aggressively ethnically cleansed right now and the US government is enabling it with a smile on its face. Context is important because fighting back against people who consider you vermin is not a fucking hate crime. Zionists can fuck right off.
    • NoneOfUrBusiness
      8•3 hours ago

      Adding to what the other guy said, they can’t just revoke his green card. Only the courts can do that.