Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia University
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The chants were in reference to Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student who was detained in March by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Khalil’s representatives said that ICE’s refusal stood in contrast to the agency’s directives encouraging contact visits and preserving parental rights.
The federal government had argued the Columbia University activist was a flight risk and could be apprehended without a warrant.