{"id":845,"date":"2025-03-14T20:56:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T21:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/?p=845"},"modified":"2025-03-18T14:26:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T14:26:42","slug":"video-shows-ices-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thetoptenwebhosts.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/video-shows-ices-arrest-of-mahmoud-khalil\/","title":{"rendered":"Video shows ICE’s arrest of Mahmoud Khalil"},"content":{"rendered":"

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Friday released the full video of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil\u2019s arrest last weekend as outrage grows over his detention by immigration officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Khalil was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Saturday after playing a leading role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia last year.<\/p>\n

The roughly eight-minute video<\/a>, which was taken by Khalil\u2019s wife Noor Abdalla, shows ICE agents handcuffing him and leading him out of his university-owned apartment. Abdalla then calls his lawyer and follows the agents outside.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Abdalla asks for their names in the video, the agents refuse to give them but provide the address they say they were taking Khalil to. The video then shows the agents driving away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He was taken to a detention center in New Jersey on Saturday before being transported to a facility in Louisiana.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When asked for comment on the video, Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin told The Hill in a statement, “It is a privilege to be granted a visa to live and study in the United States of America.”<\/p>\n

“When you advocate for violence and terrorism that privilege should be revoked and should not be in this country,” McLaughlin added.<\/p>\n

Khalil, who is an Algerian citizen of Palestinian descent, is a legal permanent resident of the U.S. in the country on a green card. Abdalla is a U.S. citizen. <\/p>\n

Khalil\u2019s lawyers wrote in court filings Friday that he felt like he was being kidnapped<\/a> during his detainment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThroughout this process, Mr. Khalil felt as though he was being kidnapped. He was reminded of prior experience fleeing arbitrary detention in Syria and forced disappearance of his friends in Syria in 2013,\u201d his lawyers wrote in court filings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was shortly after this that Mr. Khalil left Syria. At no time throughout this process did any of the agents identify themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

More than 100 House Democrats sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Secretary of State Marco Rubio demanding an explanation for Khalil\u2019s arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Trump administration has moved to revoke Khalil\u2019s green card, claiming he has advocated for Hamas, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. A federal judge blocked efforts to deport Khalil, who has not been charged with a crime, amid the ongoing court deliberations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Rubio told reporters at a press briefing that the U.S. has the right to deny visas for \u201cvirtually any reason.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you tell us, when you apply, \u2018Hi, I\u2019m trying to get into the United States on a student visa, I am a big supporter of Hamas, a murderous, barbaric group that kidnaps children, that rapes teenage girls, that takes hostages, that allows them to die in captivity, that returns more bodies than live hostages,’\u201d he said. \u201cIf you tell us that you are in favor of a group like this, and if you tell us, when you apply for your visa, and by the way, \u2018I intend to come to your country as a student and rile up all kinds of anti-Jewish student, antisemitic activities, I intend to shut down your universities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Khalil\u2019s attorneys said there is no evidence he has provided support to any terror organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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