First They Came For…
First They Came For… Joyce Vance Mar 12 Mahmoud Khalil is a household name at the moment. A recent graduate of Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, he is a permanent resident of the United States, a green card holder, with an American citizen wife who is eight months pregnant. Khalil was detained Saturday by federal immigration agents in New York. They came to his door, originally, according to reporting, telling him his student visa was being revoked. When advised he was a green card holder, agents reportedly said that was being revoked too. He is being held in an immigration facility in Louisiana. A federal judge in New York has ordered the government to keep Khalil in the United States and refrain from deportation until it can resolve the issues in front of it. Protests against his arrest have sprung up. Khalil has not been charged with any crimes, the most frequent reason a green card is revoked. Instead, the Department of Homeland Security says ...