Palestinian worker Mahmud Khalil said during a recent appearance on CNN that President Trump’s administration used him as “an example” Was detained For over three months.
Khalil, a green card holder and an alumnus of Columbia University, told CNN’s Christian Amanpore, “This is absurd. It is basically to intimidate me. They want to confuse any speech for the rights of Palestinians with a speech, which is supporting terrorism, which is completely wrong, which is completely wrong,” Green Card holder and Colombia University’s Green Card holder and Green Card holder, “Green Card holder and Green Card holder,” Green Card holder and Green Card holder, “Green Card holder and Green Card Horizon Told Christian Amanpore.
Federal immigration agents arrested Khalil in early March and was detained for more than 100 days. Khalil was not accused of a crime and ended Issued Last month. Khalil’s case was first arrested by the administration in a push Fall down On foreign students protesting on college complexes against the Israel-Hamas war.
Khalil said, “The protest was peaceful. We are asking a simple asking to stop Columbia University and American complexity in the massacre in Gaza,” said Khalil. “And that’s why I see these allegations as a threat.”
He said, “This is what has happened to me and others. And this is the message that they want to create an example for me,” he said. “Even if you are a legal resident, even if you are a citizen, in fact we will find a way to come after you.”
Khalil’s lawyer Filed On Thursday, a claim for $ 20 million in losses against the administration, stating that the Palestinian worker faced political vengeance for their activism.
White House spokesman Abigail Jackson told AXIOS that Khali is “constantly engaged in harmful conduct for the interests of US foreign policy.”
During Friday’s interview, Khalil expanded his experience while detaining in Louisiana.
He said, “I used to shock all the time and my ankles at all times. I felt that I was criminal. I did not know what they had allegations against me. And by the time I reached Louisiana, my leg was completely swollen, and I could not walk to enter the detention center,” he said on Friday.
“So it was a very, very inhuman experience, for anyone who was not accused of any crime, whatever it was,” he continued.
Khalil said Temporary release denied To see his son, who was born in this spring, “was the most difficult moment in my life,” saying that it could be “avoided.”
“And this is a combination of anger and happiness. I was happy that I am finally holding him in my hands, but at the same time there is anger on the system that deprives people of such important moments in their lives,” he said.
