Source: In These Times
by Heba Gowayed & Jessica Halliday Hardie
“This past week has been punctuated by a series of horrifying events. Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate of Columbia who was a mediator during last year’s encampments, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday and has now been transported to an ‘immigration holding facility’ (ICE jail) in Jena, Louisiana. In an unprecedented act, ICE claimed to ’revoke’ his green card, and for at least a day his lawyers and his wife, who is eight months pregnant, did not know his location. Khalil is being targeted for participating in peaceful protests for the boycott, divestment, and sanction of the State of Israel for its genocide in Palestine. These protests were suppressed in the name of ’combating antisemitism’ and making campuses ’safe’ by administrators who invited police on campus to brutalize.” (03/11/25)
https://inthesetimes.com/article/ice-palestinian-protester-columbia-mahmoud-khalil-gaza