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It isn’t the Senegalese man I met who has been deprived of his liberty for a year, his legal situation in limbo, and his family an ocean away
Khalil questioned 'who has rights' under Trump's immigration policies, saying The court’s ruling sends a critical message to courts across the country... no judicial role is more important than acting as a check on executive abuses the Trump administration has made the defining feature of its first 60 days
One of Khalil's attorneys, Max Kaufman, said in a statement on Wednesday after the ruling I had no idea if she would be taken too, since the agents had threatened to arrest her for not leaving my side,
My arrest was a direct consequence of exercising my right to free speech as I advocated for a free Palestine and an end to the genocide in Gaza,
This is a first step, but we need to continue to demand justice for Mahmoud. His unlawful and unjust detention cannot stand. We will not stop fighting until he is home with me,
Noor Abdalla, Khalil’s pregnant wife, said in a statement provided by New York Civil Liberties Union, which is representing Khalil It will be up to that court to consider Khalil’s claims as well as the motions that he has filed to date in connection with his claims, namely a motion to transfer him from his present place of confinement to a detention facility in this District,
The government first moved Mahmoud to Louisiana, then it tried to move his federal case there, too, hoping for better odds in court,
Ramzi Kassem, one of Khalil’s attorneys, said in a statement And if you tell us, when you apply for a visa, 'I'm coming to the U.S. to participate in pro-Hamas events,' that runs counter to the foreign policy interest of the United States of America,
My unjust detention is indicative of the anti-Palestinian racism that both the Biden and Trump administrations have demonstrated over the past 16 months as the U.S. has continued to supply Israel with weapons to kill Palestinians and prevented international intervention,
While I await legal decisions that hold the futures of my wife and child in the balance, those who enabled my targeting remain comfortably at Columbia University,
Khalil wrote in his letter What scares me the most is that I would be fast asleep at home and I would hear a bang on my door and I’d be taken away in the middle of the night by Ice and nobody will ever know what happened to me,
said the student, who attended multiple protests to support Palestine around New York City I’ve heard a lot of people at Columbia say that this is our community, so what are you going to do if your community is experiencing something like this?”
I also got accepted to some universities in Australia, but since Columbia also accepted me, I thought let’s aim for the highest, let’s aim for the stars,
I come from a Muslim country, so did he. I believe in the same things he does, freedom and basic human rights and just standing up for a place that needs our voice right now,
As a woman I feel it’s so hard for her to think about raising your child without support from your partner,
said Miru, a mother of two girls People look at the global north thinking they have things so much better. There are better laws to protect your rights,
said Thien Miru, a post-graduate student from Indonesia When I leave my apartment, when I go out, I’m just so much more aware and cautious of who’s around me,
said Seher Ahmed, a psychology master’s student from Pakistan We’re not terrorists, or, like, supporting terrorists. We’re trying to prevent a genocide from happening,
Our university is defined by the principles of academic freedom, open inquiry, and respect for all,
I want to do something, I feel so hopeless,
