Anti-Israel-Colombian protesters deny allegations when Trump promotes deportation
Mahmoud Khalil, accuser of the pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, denied all allegations brought against him during the court hearing on Tuesday. Trump administration Move to deport honest anti-Israel agitators.
On Tuesday, Halil met with a team of lawyers at the LaSalle Immigration Court in Jena, Louisiana, as the government is pursuing deportation as it is involved in Palestinian protests. Columbia University last year. He is currently in custody at the Louisiana Central Ice Processing Center, located four hours from New Orleans.
Approximately 35 people attended the hearing, including his wife Noor Abdallah. Six were wearing pro-Palestinian scarves. When it was finished, Halil nodded at them.
The Department of Homeland Security is required to provide evidence in support of his removal ahead of the next hearing scheduled for Friday, April 11th at 1pm.
Palestinian protester Mahmoud Khalil encourages Colombia with Opaed
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil will discuss with the media during a briefing hosted by pro-Palestinian protesters who established an encampment at Columbia University’s Morningside Heights campus on June 1, 2024 in New York City, USA on Friday evening. (Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Halil, a 30-year-old green cardholder who is married to a US citizen, is He was detained on ice last month Due to his involvement in the Palestinian protests that broke out in Colombia.
The judge recently determined that a hearing would be held in New Jersey, not where he is being held in Louisiana. Halil’s lawyers argued that federal prosecutors aim to move the alumni case to Louisiana courts, increasing the likelihood of a favorable ruling from judges.
Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyer, Baher Amzy, will speak to members of media outside the Thurgood Marshall US Court in New York, USA on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The hearing came shortly after Halil’s furious manipulation, which appeared in the school newspaper on Friday. Oned, The simply title “Letter to Colombia” accused him of “laying the foundation for my adduction.”
He continued to compare President Donald Trump It cites other students who have been “stolen by the state” cracking down on anti-Israel protesters against Colombia’s own indifference towards Palestinians.
The video shows the arrest of Colombian anti-Israel ring leader Mahmoud Khalil
“The situation is strangely associated when I fled the atrocities of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria and called for the evacuation of Lebanon,” wrote Halil. “The logic that the federal government used to target itself and my peers is a direct extension of Colombian oppression playbook on Palestine.”
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He went on to denounce manufacturing managers “public hysteria about anti-Semitism without mentioning the tens of thousands of Palestinians killed under bombs made with your dollars.”
The message came a few weeks later Ice Agent He took Halil of New York City in early March.
He is the first of the Trump administration’s crusades to revoke student visas to participate in the protest. The DHS claimed that it “led activities in line with Hamas, the designated terrorist organization.”
Anti-Israel protests wreaked havoc on university campuses following the attack on October 7, 2023, leading to Trump’s campaign promise Revoke student visas for foreigners.
“To all the resident aliens who participated in the jihadist protests, we have notified you: Come in 2025, we will find you, and we will expel you,” Trump is quoted in a fact sheet issued by the White House. “I will also quickly cancel all Hamas sympathizer student visas on university campus.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Khalil’s attorney Baher Amzy for comment.