White House oversaw arrest of Mahmoud Khalil. Now another Palestinian has been arrested
On Thursday, Khalil’s lawyers filed new court documents describing how he was rushed from New York to Louisiana last weekend in a manner that left the outspoken Columbia University graduate student feeling like he was being kidnapped.
The experience reminded Khalil of when he left Syria shortly after the forced disappearance of his friends there during a period of arbitrary detention in 2013, the lawyers wrote.
According to the lawsuit, Khalil repeatedly asked to speak to a lawyer after he was snatched by federal agents as he and his wife were returning to Columbia’s residential housing, where they lived, after dinner at a friend’s home.
Confronted by agents for the DHS, Khalil briefly telephoned his lawyer before he was taken to FBI headquarters in lower Manhattan, the lawsuit said.
It was there that Khalil saw an agent approach another agent and say, “the White House is requesting an update,” the lawyers wrote.
At some point early Sunday, Khalil was taken, handcuffed and shackled, to the Elizabeth Detention Center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, a privately run facility where he spent the night in a cold waiting room for processing, his request for a blanket denied, the lawsuit said. [Continue reading…]
NEW: Family of Mahmoud Khalil just released footage of his arrest
“Stop resisting”
“He’s not resisting” pic.twitter.com/yry9ofzWIW— Prem Thakker (@prem_thakker) March 14, 2025
A swarm of cops dragging away a rabbi protesting the abduction of Mahmoud Khalil says everything you need to know about the Trump agenda.
Trump doesn't care about Jewish safety – he's focused on taking away our right to protest. Not in our name. pic.twitter.com/0iSIiO8gGr
— Jewish Voice for Peace (@jvplive) March 14, 2025
“As Jews, we say: not in our name.”
Here’s why Jewish activists who occupied Trump Tower say they put their bodies on the line for Mahmoud Khalil. pic.twitter.com/1ACBmYUvRM
— AJ+ (@ajplus) March 14, 2025
🚨BREAKING: With @RepRaskin and @RepMGS, I’m leading 100+ House Democrats in demanding answers on Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest.
Trump’s attempt to deport Khalil is authoritarian and an attack on the First Amendment. We won’t sit quietly as his admin tries to dismantle free speech. pic.twitter.com/5Rj8ZHAUXV
— Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) March 14, 2025