Lawyers for Khalil said they plan to keep fighting. The judge gave them until April 23 to seek a waiver.
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HAPPENING NOW: Police arrested hundreds of protestors including Jewish elders, descendants of Holocaust survivors, and students, dragging them out of a sit-in at Trump Tower by their arms and legs. Jews say: Free Mahmoud, Free Palestine!
On Saturday, ICE agents abducted Palestinian activist and recent Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil from his home.
Protesters from Jewish group storm Trump Tower in NYC demanding release of Mahmoud Khalil
Several Jewish organisations are protesting at Trump Tower in New York – in support of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil.
Police have arrested several protesters.
Dozens of Jewish demonstrators are inside the building – and chanting slogans in support of Palestine.
BREAKING: Jewish allies rally for Mahmoud Khalil – occupying Trump Tower in NYC
Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent US resident, is facing deportation via a rarely used foreign policy law. He is a Palestinian student who has been organising along with fellow pro-Palestinian supporters. Mahmoud has US residency via a green card which are rarely revoked without a criminal conviction. Khalil has no such criminal conviction and is instead facing deportation regardless because the US government:
has reasonable ground to believe that your presence or activities in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States.