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I spoke with his lawyer and she told me that on Saturday night, Khalil and his wife were arriving at their university apartment and that ICE agents were in the lobby. They told Khalil his student visa had been cancelled. But Khalil is not on a visa. He is a legal permanent resident. When his wife went to get his green card out of the apartment, agents said that it had been revoked. Revoked.
Did they give a reason? Well, his lawyer, Amy Greer, says she spoke with one of the agents on the phone during the arrest, and he didn't give her a reason.
Did they give a reason? Well, his lawyer, Amy Greer, says she spoke with one of the agents on the phone during the arrest, and he didn't give her a reason.
Did they give a reason? Well, his lawyer, Amy Greer, says she spoke with one of the agents on the phone during the arrest, and he didn't give her a reason.
Greer said that she was shocked the government had declared his green card revoked without due process.
Greer said that she was shocked the government had declared his green card revoked without due process.
Greer said that she was shocked the government had declared his green card revoked without due process.
Instead, agents drove Khalil to a detention center, she said, while his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, stayed behind. Okay, now what are you learning about what's behind all this, possibly? Well, I got a statement last night from DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. She said Khalil had been arrested in support of a recent executive order that President Trump signed on anti-Semitism.
Instead, agents drove Khalil to a detention center, she said, while his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, stayed behind. Okay, now what are you learning about what's behind all this, possibly? Well, I got a statement last night from DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. She said Khalil had been arrested in support of a recent executive order that President Trump signed on anti-Semitism.
Instead, agents drove Khalil to a detention center, she said, while his pregnant wife, a U.S. citizen, stayed behind. Okay, now what are you learning about what's behind all this, possibly? Well, I got a statement last night from DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin. She said Khalil had been arrested in support of a recent executive order that President Trump signed on anti-Semitism.
She said Khalil had, quote, led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. Separately, in a post on X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked to a news story about Khalil's arrest. and wrote that the administration would be revoking the visas or green cards of Hamas supporters so they can be deported.
She said Khalil had, quote, led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. Separately, in a post on X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked to a news story about Khalil's arrest. and wrote that the administration would be revoking the visas or green cards of Hamas supporters so they can be deported.
She said Khalil had, quote, led activities aligned to Hamas, a designated terrorist organization. Separately, in a post on X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio linked to a news story about Khalil's arrest. and wrote that the administration would be revoking the visas or green cards of Hamas supporters so they can be deported.
Can you give us just maybe a little more context about the government's motives here? Well, conservative lawmakers have really tried to label pro-Palestinian protesters as pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist, or anti-Semitic. In late January, President Trump signed an executive order that he said would be used to go after students who participated in, in his words, the pro-jihadist protests.
Can you give us just maybe a little more context about the government's motives here? Well, conservative lawmakers have really tried to label pro-Palestinian protesters as pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist, or anti-Semitic. In late January, President Trump signed an executive order that he said would be used to go after students who participated in, in his words, the pro-jihadist protests.
Can you give us just maybe a little more context about the government's motives here? Well, conservative lawmakers have really tried to label pro-Palestinian protesters as pro-Hamas, pro-terrorist, or anti-Semitic. In late January, President Trump signed an executive order that he said would be used to go after students who participated in, in his words, the pro-jihadist protests.
It directed federal agencies to work toward deporting international students who participated. The order cited federal law that allows deporting foreign nationals who express support for terrorism. Students have always rejected, A, the claim that their protests were pro-terrorist or that they supported Hamas's 2023 attack on Israel. They say the protests were for peace in Gaza.
It directed federal agencies to work toward deporting international students who participated. The order cited federal law that allows deporting foreign nationals who express support for terrorism. Students have always rejected, A, the claim that their protests were pro-terrorist or that they supported Hamas's 2023 attack on Israel. They say the protests were for peace in Gaza.
It directed federal agencies to work toward deporting international students who participated. The order cited federal law that allows deporting foreign nationals who express support for terrorism. Students have always rejected, A, the claim that their protests were pro-terrorist or that they supported Hamas's 2023 attack on Israel. They say the protests were for peace in Gaza.
Well, student activists are denouncing it as a chilling attempt to use deportation to stifle free speech and to repress pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel. Khalil's attorney, Amy Greer, told me that she's angry the government was attempting to tar Khalil as anything other than the kind and loving person that he is.