Mahmoud Khalil Denied Temporary Release For Son’s Birth: Wife

craig nigrelli

THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE STUDENT, WHO IS CUSTODY IN LOUISIANA AND COULD BE DEPORTED FOR LEADING ANTI-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATIONS ON THE COLUMBIA CAMPUS LAST YEAR, IS NOW A FATHER.

THE WIFE OF MAHMOUD KHALIL GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY BOY IN NEW YORK MONDAY.

KHALIL WAS NOT THERE FOR THE BIRTH.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ALLEGES THAT KHALIL, WHO WAS BORN IN SYRIA AND IS IN THE U-S AS A LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT, IS A NATIONAL SECURITY RISK.

AN IMMIGRATION JUDGE IN LOUISIANA SIDED WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND RULED HE CAN BE DEPORTED.

LAWYERS FOR KHALIL ARE NOW APPEALING.

HIS WIFE, NOOR ABDALLA, RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT, REFUSED TO ALLOW KHALIL TO TRAVEL TO NEW YORK FOR THE BIRTH OF THEIR SON, SAYING “ICE AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAVE STOLEN THESE PRECIOUS MOMENTS FROM OUR FAMILY IN AN ATTEMPT TO SILENCE MOHMOUD’S SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIAN FREEDOM.”