Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian doctoral student of Columbia University, which the Trump government would like to complete for its role in Pro-Palestinian protests, described himself as a political prisoner in his first direct comments since his detention.
The detention of Khalil, a constant inhabitant of the United States, was condemned by several human rights groups as an attack on freedom of speech and proper procedure. Over 100 democratic legislators from the US representative house have questioned the legality of imprisonment in a letter to the government of Republican President Donald Trump.
In court, a US judge contested an offer from the Trump government on Wednesday, Khalil’s contestation of the legality of his arrest of immigration agents on March 8 on March 8.
But the US district judge Jesse Furman based in Manhattan approved the Ministry of Justice that he was not responsible in the case of the case. Furman ordered that the case in front of the state of New Jersey was moved to a federal court where Khalil questioned his arrest for the first time.
Furman did not decide on Khalil’s offer to be released from detention due to deposit.
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The lawyers of the Ministry of Justice say that the 30 -year -old Khalil was defeated by the deportation because Foreign Minister Marco Rubio found that his US presence could have “disadvantaged foreign policy consequences”.
Khalil’s case could test if courts draw the boundary between protected speech that guarantees the citizens and non-State citizens at the first change in the US constitution and the executive that some protests can undermine foreign policy are guaranteed.
Mahmoud Khalil, a student at Columbia University in the country, was legally arrested by US immigration agents and confronted for his participation in Pro-Palestinian protests. It is one of the first known arrests associated with the threats of the Trump government against student activists.
“My name is Mahmoud Khalil and I am a political prisoner,” said Khalil in a letter published on Tuesday.
“My arrest was a direct consequence of the exercise of my right to freedom of expression when I campaigned for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza, which was resumed on Monday evening in full power,” said Khalil in the letter, referring to the latest renewed Israeli strikes on Gaza, which had killed the local authorities over 400 Palestinians.
Khalil’s lawyers have asked to be released immediately. Khalil became a legal inhabitant of US constant residents last year. His wife is eight months pregnant.
Khalil’s arrest triggered protests in various US cities, including in New York City, when hundreds gathered at Times Square and demanded his release.
Trump swore to deport pro-Palestinian activists who took part in the American college campus against Israel’s war in Gaza after an attack by Hamas from October 2023. Trump claimed that the demonstrators are anti -Semitic and support Hamas’ militants.
Pro-Palestinian supporters, including some Jewish groups, say that their critics are incorrectly associated with anti-Semitism by their critics, while their support for Palestinian rights is associated with the support of the militants of Hamas. Khalil said in the letter on Tuesday that his arrest was an indication of anti-Palestinian racism.
The government has not worked out how Khalil could harm the US foreign policy. Trump accused him of having supported Hamas without evidence. Khalil’s legal team says he has no connections to Hamas.
