US EditionICE arrested Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant, court documents show
- Federal agents detained Mahmoud Khalil on March 8 in his Manhattan apartment lobby.
- The government justified the warrantless arrest claiming Khalil posed foreign policy risks and agents feared flight.
- Department of Justice attorneys later admitted agents did not have an arrest warrant upon taking Khalil.
- A government lawyer wrote agents believed there was "a flight risk and arrest was necessary."
- Khalil's attorneys contest the government's account, citing video evidence, and challenge his detention legality.
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Trump administration lawyers admit they seized Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant
Immigration agents claimed Khalil needed to be arrested before a warrant could be produced because he was a “flight risk” and not “cooperative,” lies disproved by video of Khalil’s abduction taken by his wife.
Deporting Dissent: The Dangerous Precedent Set by the Persecution of
"Rights are granted to those who align with power," Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, eloquently wrote from his cell. This poignant statement came soon after a judge ruled that the government had met the legal threshold to deport the young activist on the nebulous ground of "foreign policy".
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Trump administration didn’t have arrest warrant for Mahmoud Khalil, citing ‘flight risk’
The Trump administration said in court filings that it detained Mahmoud Khalil without an arrest warrant, fearing he would be a “flight risk.” Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, is facing deportation after the Trump administration revoked…
US says no warrant was needed to arrest Columbia student activist because they feared he'd flee - American Press
New documents entered in a New Jersey court on Thursday show that the federal government defended its warrantless arrest of Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil by saying agents feared he’d flee because he said he would leave the scene. The documents were entered into the court record to defend against efforts by lawyers to win freedom for Khalil, who has been held in a detention center in Jena, Louisiana, for six weeks. In a docu…
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