Mahmoud Khalil case summary based on court records:
- Khalil is a native of Syria but a citizen of Algeria.
- He entered the US on a student visa in December 2022.
- He obtained lawful permanent resident status in November 2024.
- Khalil was notified of removal intention and detained on the evening of March 8, 2025 in New York City.
- He was then booked in New Jersey overnight, on March 9, 2025, and kept there for the duration of the day.
- That same day, on March 9, 2025, Khalil’s attorney filed the a habeas petition in New York, not New Jersey.
- Courts require for the petition to be filed where the alien is being held at the time of the filing, in this case, New Jersey. Khalil's (many) lawyers filed in the wrong jurisdiction...
- Khalil was then transferred to Central Louisiana ICE Processing Facility in Jena, Louisiana on on March 10, 2025, and he remains detained at that facility today.
- The correct jurisdiction for this matter is Louisiana.
- The New York judge who issued the emergency order had no jurisdiction to do so.
And this: Columbia University announces “multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions” for those involved in the violent takeover of Hamilton Hall.
Amazing what nearly half a billion in lost funding can do when you fail to act the first time. Expensive lessons learned the hard way.
And like Judge Napalitano said, there aren't any charges. All we have is allegedly "acting in alignment with Hamas". This guy is so much more clean and benign than what Israel supporters want him to be, it stands to be a disastrously failed detention.
I think they have every right to protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people being conducted by Israel. I think this makes it a case of ideological divide, between the Trump admin and the protestors, and this makes the detention a clear violation of the first amendment.
All I am aware of at this point, after so many months of protests at Columbia, is that Apartheid Divest is demanding the school divest from Israeli interests. I don't have any paper trail of criminal acts, here. Khalil recently got his PhD at Columbia, and has been there all along.
The only basis I've seen so far for calling this criminal is to say that they are "aligned with Hamas (or terrorists)". You need to show me what's illegal, and you can't say pro-Palestine is terrorist. There is no violation of the Smith Act - there is no attempt to destroy the govt in that. Get back to showing us evidence of crimes committed, because if any such thing happens, then the authorities would be on it like flies on shi*.
if you don’t think that harassing and threatening Jewish students and keeping them from going to class simply because of their religion is criminal then I don’t know what to tell you because that doesn’t look like the America. I grew up in.
I need to see evidence of any claims like these. I know that there have been Jewish students with the pro-Palestine protectors. All I've seen is the school admin removing Jewish students claiming they were concerned about their safety. I still don't have evidence of them being attacked.
Show me offenses committed. I imagine such things would have plastered all over the news by now. After all, we live in a country where every president is staunchly pro-Israel.
That's not a demonstration against the US - it's against Israel.
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Mahmoud Khalil case summary based on court records:
- Khalil is a native of Syria but a citizen of Algeria.
- He entered the US on a student visa in December 2022.
- He obtained lawful permanent resident status in November 2024.
- Khalil was notified of removal intention and detained on the evening of March 8, 2025 in New York City.
- He was then booked in New Jersey overnight, on March 9, 2025, and kept there for the duration of the day.
- That same day, on March 9, 2025, Khalil’s attorney filed the a habeas petition in New York, not New Jersey.
- Courts require for the petition to be filed where the alien is being held at the time of the filing, in this case, New Jersey. Khalil's (many) lawyers filed in the wrong jurisdiction...
- Khalil was then transferred to Central Louisiana ICE Processing Facility in Jena, Louisiana on on March 10, 2025, and he remains detained at that facility today.
- The correct jurisdiction for this matter is Louisiana.
- The New York judge who issued the emergency order had no jurisdiction to do so.
And this: Columbia University announces “multi-year suspensions, temporary degree revocations, and expulsions” for those involved in the violent takeover of Hamilton Hall.
Amazing what nearly half a billion in lost funding can do when you fail to act the first time. Expensive lessons learned the hard way.
And like Judge Napalitano said, there aren't any charges. All we have is allegedly "acting in alignment with Hamas". This guy is so much more clean and benign than what Israel supporters want him to be, it stands to be a disastrously failed detention.
I think they have every right to protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people being conducted by Israel. I think this makes it a case of ideological divide, between the Trump admin and the protestors, and this makes the detention a clear violation of the first amendment.
Wrong. It was a jihad launched against American students at an American university in an American city. Based solely on their religion.
All I am aware of at this point, after so many months of protests at Columbia, is that Apartheid Divest is demanding the school divest from Israeli interests. I don't have any paper trail of criminal acts, here. Khalil recently got his PhD at Columbia, and has been there all along.
The only basis I've seen so far for calling this criminal is to say that they are "aligned with Hamas (or terrorists)". You need to show me what's illegal, and you can't say pro-Palestine is terrorist. There is no violation of the Smith Act - there is no attempt to destroy the govt in that. Get back to showing us evidence of crimes committed, because if any such thing happens, then the authorities would be on it like flies on shi*.
if you don’t think that harassing and threatening Jewish students and keeping them from going to class simply because of their religion is criminal then I don’t know what to tell you because that doesn’t look like the America. I grew up in.
I need to see evidence of any claims like these. I know that there have been Jewish students with the pro-Palestine protectors. All I've seen is the school admin removing Jewish students claiming they were concerned about their safety. I still don't have evidence of them being attacked.
If Jews needed "bodyguards" with the right party membership does that not concern you?
Show me offenses committed. I imagine such things would have plastered all over the news by now. After all, we live in a country where every president is staunchly pro-Israel.