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.
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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.