Author: Al Jazeera
Published on: 12/03/2025 | 00:00:00
AI Summary:
Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest over the weekend sparked condemnation and fears of a crackdown on free speech in the United States. The demonstrators gathered on Wednesday outside Manhattan’s federal court for the first formal hearing in his case, as he faces possible deportation. Trump pledged to stop pro-Palestinian protests that erupted after Israel launched a deadly war on Gaza in October 2023. Upon taking office, Trump began to issue executive actions signalling he would carry out his threats. He recently welcomed Khalil’s arrest, saying it was “the first of many to come” Khalil’s lawyer Kassem told reporters that the rarely used legal provision that the Trump administration seems to be invoking was not meant to silence dissent. Khalils’s lawyers also asked Furman — the judge overseeing the case — to order that their client be returned from Louisiana to New York.
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