14 members of the US Congress signed a speech calling for the release of the Palestinian student at Columbia University Mahmoud Khalil, who was detained by the American Immigration and Customs Agency last week, against the background of his participation in the anti -Israeli war protests on Gaza, while a federal court begins, on Tuesday, to consider a legal battle on the decision to deport it.
The members of the Congress described the signed of the speech, all of whom are Democrats, Khalil’s detention as “an attempt to criminalize political protest” and “a direct attack on freedom of expression”, pointing out that the Palestinian student “has legal permanent residence, and is married to an eighth -month American citizen.”
“No charges were brought against Khalil, or was convicted of any crime. As the Trump administration (US President Donald) recognizes with pride, he was only targeted because of his activity and organization as a student leader and negotiator in the sit -in of solidarity with Gaza on the campus of Columbia University.”
Members of Congress added that Khalil’s detention represents “an act of racism hostile to the Palestinians aims to silence the solidarity movement with Palestine in this country.”
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The members of Congress stated that “the constitutional rights of Hebron have been violated,” noting that he was prevented from actual access to his lawyer or his family’s visit to him.
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The leader of the Democratic Minority of the Senate Chakk Schumer issued a statement regarding the decision to deport Mahmoud Khalil, warning of “violating the first amendment to the American constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression.”
“I strongly reject many opinions and policies that Mahmoud Khalil adopts and supports, and I loudly expressed my criticism of anti -Semitic actions that occurred at the University of Colombia. However, Khalil is a permanent legal resident here, and his wife is an American citizen, and she is in the eighth month of her pregnancy,” said Shomer, the highest elected Jewish official in the United States.
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Shomer added in a post on “X”, that “while Khalil may have violated some university rules related to how to make protests last year, this is up to the university in order to follow up, and I encouraged the university to be more striking in how it fought to anti -Semitism and guarantee a university environment free from harassment, which protects the security and safety of Jewish students and others.”
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He stressed that “the Ministry of Internal Security in the Trump administration must legally justify any criminal charges or facts that require the detention of (Khalil) or the initiation of his deportation procedures,” considering that “if the administration is not able to prove its violation of any criminal law that justifies the taking of this harsh measure, and that this is because of his views that he expressed, this is wrong, and a violation of the first amendment of the American constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression for all.” The Trump administration called for “a retreat from this wrong procedure.”
On Tuesday, a federal court begins a legal battle regarding the decision to deport the Palestinian student at Columbia University Mahmoud Khalil.
The Jesse Jesse Foreman’s District Court judge issued a decision prohibiting the authorities from deporting Mahmoud Khalil (29 years), and set a date for the Wednesday session.
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Foreman asked the American administration lawyers, “responding to it on Tuesday with their suggestions about what he should do.”
On Saturday, members of the Ministry of Internal Security arrested Khalil, in the context of the “immigration policy” pursued by the administration of US President Donald Trump, who had vowed to deport students who participated in stops inside American universities to oppose the Israeli war on Gaza, claiming that it was “anti -Semitic.”
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Khalil was a prominent activist at the University of Colombia, which witnessed one of the biggest protests against the Gaza war, in which the Israeli army killed tens of thousands of Palestinians, and caused a widespread humanitarian catastrophe.
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On social media, Trump described Khalil as a “foreign student who is supportive of Hamas”, considering that his “detention will be followed by more arrests.”
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Demonstrators condemned the streets of New York City, the state prosecutor, and the American Union of Civil Liberties, to arrest Khalil, describing it as a “attack on freedom of expression.”
A witness from “Reuters” stated that “clashes briefly broke out between the police and hundreds of demonstrators in the Lower Manhattan area in New York, and at least one person was arrested,” he said.
Khalil’s lawyers said that “individuals from the Ministry of Internal Security informed him at the beginning while trying to arrest him in front of the students’ housing at Columbia University, that his study visa was canceled. “
The lawyers added that “when his wife, Al -Maallaly in the eighth month, informed them that Khalil is legally permanent, they replied that his green card was also canceled.”
The “Green Card” allows those who hold it to permanently reside in the United States, and gives it the protection provided by the US constitution.
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White House spokeswoman Caroline Levit claimed that the demonstrations in American universities “were calling for violence, and spreading enthusiasm”, although the demonstrators said that the motive behind them was the call to stop the Israeli war on Gaza.
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“The government intends to cancel the green visas and cards for those who support Hamas until this allows their deportation from the United States,” US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on the “X” platform on Sunday.
He added: “We will not tolerate the foreigners who come here with an entry visa, and they are involved in such behavior.”
The Foreign Minister reserves the authority to cancel the “green card or visa for any individual”, as the law states that “the visa may be canceled based on the existence of reasonable reasons for the belief that the presence of the foreigner in the United States may have serious consequences for the US foreign policy,” according to Reuters.
