EXCELLENT!!
Posted on 03/09/2025 11:24:32 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student encampment movement was arrested Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who claimed they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.
Mahmoud Khalil was at his university-owned apartment blocks from Columbia's Manhattan campus when several Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents entered the building and took him into custody, his attorney, Amy Greer, told The Associated Press.
One of the agents told Greer by phone that they were executing a State Department order to revoke Khalil’s student visa. Informed by the attorney that Khalil, who graduated in December, was in the United States as a permanent resident with a green card, the agent said they were revoking that too, according to the lawyer.
The arrest comes as President Donald Trump vows to deport foreign students and imprison “agitators” involved in protests against Israel’s war in Gaza. The administration has placed particular scrutiny on Columbia, announcing Friday that it would be cutting $400 million in grants and contracts because of what the government describes as the Ivy League school’s failure to squelch antisemitism on campus.
The authorities declined to tell Khalil's wife, who is eight months pregnant, why he was being detained, Greer said. Khalil has since been transferred to an immigration detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
“We have not been able to get any more details about why he is being detained,” Greer told The AP. “This is a clear escalation. The administration is following through on its threats.”
A spokesperson for Columbia said law enforcement agents must produce a warrant before entering university property. The spokesperson declined to say if the school had received a warrant for Khalil’s arrest.
Messages seeking comment were left with the State Department, the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.
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Good for ICE - good for Homan...
Guy needs a good Jewish lawyer.
Catapult his ying yang back into Mehico.
Uh, Mahmoud Khalil doesn’t sound like a Spanish name.
If you support Hamas you should be treated like Hamas..send him to Gaza let him become a proud member of Hamas then let the IDF take care of the rest
Spread the word far and wide.
Send Mooky to Palestine. He’s so gungho for them, have at it buddy. If he graduated in December, why is he STILL in university owned apartments? Yank his green card and send his rearend and baby momma with him. We don’t need an anchor baby
Another feral critter gone.
Hip hip hooray!
Those “students” protesting and sleeping in tents on university property all over the country were specifically warned not to do what they did. They were given ultimatums to leave which they ignored.
Some banded together to link arms to keep Jewish students from entering buildings for their classes.
They spray painted granite walls of buildings, broke windows, set up illegal fires to stay warm and one group forced he custodians to stay inside, trapped until a long time later. That is kidnapping or a variant of it.
Only Fox and a few others reported many were not “students” and many had funding and links to terrorist groups overseas.
His attorney, Amy Greer, said “The administration is following through on its threats.”Why, the NERVE of the Trump Administration to follow through on its campaign promises to the American people!
Deporting foreign anti-American agitators here on a Green Card who are "protesting" on US soil -- what's this world coming to?
His wife is eight months pregnant. Boo hoo.
“Uh, Mahmoud Khalil doesn’t sound like a Spanish name.
He’s from the Sinaloa Khalils. Old family.
We have enough home grown radicals on the Left, we don’t need to import more.
Let us not forget that the perp’s lalwyer will have N sleazy judges (sleazy = Dorkbama/Pedo Joe selectees) to choose from, any of which will make sure that it (yes, I meant it) gets no punishment. Hopefully, that punishment will occur in a back alley. At night.
Can the wife be deported too? We’re on the clock with her. Less than one month before she drops a demon seed and will claim US citizenship.
He should be deported after his J6 prison time.
Has Mr. Waterboard convinced the “Palestinian Activist” to identify who is supporting him and everything else he ever knew?
We don’t have a catapult that will reach over to the middle east. Just getting him out of our home ASAP is good enough for me.
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