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2025-03-23 Fifth Column

Detained anti-Israel activist Khalil appears in Louisiana court as deportation looms

[IsraelTimes] Detained Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil appeared briefly Friday in immigration court at a remote Louisiana detention center as his lawyers fight in multiple venues to try to free him.

Khalil, 30, a legal US resident with no criminal record, sat alone beside an empty chair through a brief court session that dealt only with scheduling. His lawyer participated via video.

Khalil swayed back and forth in his chair while waiting for the proceeding to begin in a windowless courtroom inside an isolated, low-slung Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention complex. Ringed by two rows of tall barbed-wire fences and surrounded by pine forests, the facility is near the small town of Jena, roughly 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of Louisiana’s capital, Baton Rouge.

Khalil smiled at two observers as they entered the room, where just 13 people ultimately gathered, including the judge, attorneys and court staff. Two journalists and a total of four other observers attended.

By video, lawyer Marc Van Der Hout said he had just started representing Khalil and needed more time to speak to him, get records, and delve into the case. An immigration judge set a fuller hearing for April 8.

Khalil’s lawyers also have gone to federal court to challenge his detention and potential deportation, which looms as his wife, a US citizen, is expecting their first child. A federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that Khalil can contest the legality of his detention but that the case should be moved to a New Jersey federal court.

Paragraphs of excuses and special pleading snipped.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-23 2025-03-23 00:51|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top
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#1 What about discovery - the "man" is, obviously, a paid UK agitator.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-23 01:46|| 2025-03-23 01:46|| Front Page Top

#2 I’m sure the FBI has been busily discovering all sorts of things they haven’t yet announced, Grom.

Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-23 01:50|| 2025-03-23 01:50|| Front Page Top

#3 ^😎

Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-23 02:04|| 2025-03-23 02:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Israel are shooting themselves in the foot so badly. They want to force us into violating the Constitution and free speech to serve their interests. This case really is making people you wouldn't expect to, sit up and notice what's going on. It's all part of the Great Noticing.
Israel is badly overplaying its hand, but has such dominance over the US that it doesn't care.

Posted by Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-03-23 02:10|| 2025-03-23 02:10|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ 22 Anonymous nyms and you're still predictably spouting the same Anti-Jooooo gibberish

Posted by Frank G 2025-03-23 09:03|| 2025-03-23 09:03|| Front Page Top

#6 Savage in print, meek in captivity.

His lawyer participated via video.
Couldn't be bothered to make the trip.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-23 10:01|| 2025-03-23 10:01|| Front Page Top

#7 How interesting, he was sent to a detention center in Louisiana, and the trial will be there, not NYC. Almost as if someone figured out the inherent bias of that venue.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-03-23 14:20|| 2025-03-23 14:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Trial in Louisiana or New Jersey, last I heard. Patterson, NJ describes itself as the Palestinian center of America…

Posted by trailing wife 2025-03-23 22:02|| 2025-03-23 22:02|| Front Page Top

#9 Patterson, NJ describes itself as the Palestinian center of America…

Like the man said, who would claim such a thing were it not true? Sheesh!

Posted by SteveS 2025-03-23 22:10|| 2025-03-23 22:10|| Front Page Top

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