ICE Denies Temporary Release for Detained Columbia Grad Mahmoud Khalil, Missing Son’s Birth

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) denies a request for temporary release filed on behalf of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian protester currently in federal custody. Khalil's wife, who gave birth to their son over the weekend, says she was forced to welcome their child alone, calling ICE’s decision “inhumane” and “a deliberate act of cruelty.”

Khalil, a Palestinian national and U.S. resident, is being held at an ICE detention facility in Louisiana, where he has remained since his arrest last month following a protest in support of Gaza. Though his immigration status is. . .