The protest on Thursday is the latest in a series of demonstrations after the immigration authorities arrest Khalil on Saturday night.
The Management Board of the President Donald Trumpa said that Intended by Deport KhalilWho is Palestinian and married to the American citizen, through his role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.
Khalil’s lawyers and supporters, however, believe that Trump Administration deliberately clash Criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza with the support of “terrorism”. The arrest was round loaded by civil groups for freedoms, which Khalil called the “political prisoner”.
The leaders of the demonstration on Thursday they said they were selected by Trump Tower to send a message to the President. High houses and Trump organization and Trump personal New York Residence.
“As the Jews We take Trump Tower to register our mass refusal,” Jewish voice for peace, organized by the protest, wrote in the post on the Social Media Platform X.
“We will not stand like this fascist regime trying to criminalize Palestinian and all those who call General genocide funded by Israeli governments financed by genocide of Palestinian people. And we will never stop fighting for free Palestine.”
Among the protesters was the actress of Deborah Winger, who told the Associated Press News agency that she “got up for my rights.”
“I stand for Mahmoud Khalil, who illegally kidnapped and taken to an undisclosed location,” she added. “Does that sound like America?”
Reporting from New York, Al Jazeere’s Kristen Salomey said that there were several “dramatic moments”, because the police arrested 98 protesters while cleaning the lobby.
“The protesters basically left unfair, dressed as a normal tourist,” Salomej said. “Then they took off their jackets, carrying red t-shirts that represented their cause. In the name of Mahmoud Khalil, they said,” Not in our name. ”
“Ninety-eight who are drawn in handcuffs are processed and accused of misdemeanor crimes.”
Custody continues
While the federal judge blocked Khalil to remove from the US, waiting for a legal challenge, remains in the louisiana custody.
His lawyers asked to move to New York for the proceedings and to be closer to his wife, who is the pregnancy for eight months.
Speaking during the Court’s hearing, Halil’s lawyer Ramzi Kassem said “identified, targeted, taken and processed for deportation for his advocacy for Palestinian rights.”
For his side, Trump administration remained defiant in their efforts to expel Khalil.
White House spokeswoman Karolina Leavitt told Khalil reporters, was susceptible to removing below law that allows To deport a green card holder, which considers the US Secretary of State “opponents for foreign policy policies and the interests of national security” countries.
She repeated the claim that Khalil supported “terrorists” without offering any evidence.
Trump, meanwhile, said Khalil’s arrest “first of many who come”.
In a separate court on Thursday, eight Columbia students – including Khalil – they were appointed as prosecutors who want to bar a university from complying with the division of student disciplinary records with the government.
The home committee for education and work requested records for students involved in pro-Palestinian protests, as part of their attempts to pierce anti-Semitism on campus.
Students said that the Congress Committee’s request violated the first amendment and their rights to privacy towards family educational rights and the Law on Privacy, the American Law to manage those contractual information.
“Entities like universities feel pressure to cooperate with the government in efforts to cool and punish protected speech,” the lawsuit said.
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