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Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia grad student, faces prolonged detention and green card revocation over political speech, sparking national debate on immigrant rights and free expression.
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and former graduate student at Columbia University, has been detained in immigration detention for more than a year without being charged with a crime, allegedly for his political speech.
Citing unreported work with the British Embassy and a U.N. agency—which his legal team claims was a supervised academic internship—the Trump administration is attempting to revoke his green card.
His lawyers intend to appeal a January appeals court decision that mandates the completion of immigration proceedings prior to federal review, challenging the use of immigration law to punish political expression.
As a possible precedent for immigrant civil rights and First Amendment protections, the case has garnered national attention.
Mahmoud Khalil, un estudiante de posgrado de Columbia, se enfrenta a una detención prolongada y a la revocación de la tarjeta verde por su discurso político, provocando un debate nacional sobre los derechos de los inmigrantes y la libertad de expresión.