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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the presence of Columbia student protester Mahmoud Khalil in the U.S. would have “potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences,” according to a memo obt...
U.S. News & World Report |
Attorneys for Khalil said the memo proved the Trump administration was “targeting Mahmoud’s free speech rights about Palestine.”
Reuters |
Khalil's attorney Van Der Hout said he was concerned the judge would rule without giving the defense time to respond to the government's case, a concern he had raised earlier in court.
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6hon MSN
In the memo, which was obtained by CBS News, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote that Mahmoud Khalil's role in Columbia's protests is in conflict with American foreign policy objectives.
The Trump administration filed no new evidence in its case against Mahmoud Khalil, according to a source who has read the government filing.
2don MSN
At an immigration hearing Tuesday in Louisiana, Judge Jamee Comans gave the federal government until Wednesday to turn over its evidence gathered against Khalil, a 30-year-old legal U.S. resident. If the evidence against Khalil does not support his removal, Comans said, “then I am going to terminate the case on Friday.”
Columbia protest leader Mahmoud Khalil will learn by the end of this week whether he’ll be sprung from jail in his deportation case, a judge said Tuesday. Immigration Judge Jamee Comans at a hearing in Jena,