Re: Supporters of detained Columbia student arrested after clash with NYPD as Trump admin seeks his deportation

On 3/18/25 01:22, useapen wrote:
> About a dozen protesters demonstrating in support of former Columbia
> University student Mahmoud Khalil were arrested on Tuesday as they clashed
> with New York City Police.
> 
> Immigration enforcement agents arrested Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident,
> in New York on Saturday, and he has been moved to an immigration detention
> center in Louisiana as the Trump administration seeks to revoke his legal
> status and deport him for his involvement last year in anti-Israel
> protests on campus.
> 
> The White House said Tuesday that Khalil distributed pro-Hamas flyers on
> campus.
> 
> "This is an individual who organized group protests that not only
> disrupted college campus classes and harassed Jewish American students and
> made them feel unsafe on their own college campus, but also distributed
> pro-Hamas propaganda flyers with the logo of Hamas," White House
> spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said.
> 
> U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman has ordered that Khalil, whose American
> wife is eight months pregnant, not be deported while the court considers
> the legal challenge brought by his lawyers, who argue the government is
> unlawfully retaliating against him for constitutionally protected speech.
> His lawyers want him brought back to New York and released under
> supervision.
> 
> On Tuesday, the NYPD made arrests after several protesters blocked a
> downtown street in Manhattan, even after warnings to clear the roadway,
> according to the New York Post.
> 
> https://www.foxnews.com/us/supporters-detained-columbia-student-arrested-
> after-clash-nypd-trump-admin-seeks-his-deportation