Protesters gathered in New York’s iconic Times Square on Saturday (April 12) to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who is in detention in Louisiana following his arrest by immigration authorities in New York on March 8.
A US Immigration judge ruled on Friday (April 11) that Khalil can be deported, allowing President Donald Trump's administration to proceed with its effort to remove the Columbia University student from the United States.
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A US Immigration judge ruled on Friday (April 11) that Khalil can be deported, allowing President Donald Trump's administration to proceed with its effort to remove the Columbia University student from the United States.
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00:00Protesters gathered in New York's Times Square on Saturday to demand the release
00:07of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. He has been held in detention in Louisiana
00:12since his arrest by immigration authorities in New York on March 8.
00:16I thought that our democracy is under threat, that we are supposed to live in a country
00:25where people have rights, where people have First Amendment rights, have the right to
00:28freedom of speech, have the right to protest, have the right to take the streets. And I
00:32thought that this is under attack. If they can come for Mahmoud, then they can come for
00:36any of us.
00:37No, we're not afraid. We must. This country belongs to us. We are the people, for the people,
00:46and of the people.
00:48Judge Jamie Comins of the LaSalle Immigration Court in Louisiana ruled on Friday that Khalil
00:54can be deported. While not a final decision, it marked a key win for Trump's push to deport
00:59pro-Palestinian students without criminal records.
01:01All righty, guys, really?
01:04First Amendmentossing
01:04What number