ICE Denies Mahmoud Khalil Contact with Newborn: ACLU
- Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate, has been detained in an ICE facility in Jena, Louisiana since March 2025 while his son was born in April 2025.
- Khalil’s detention followed his arrest by federal immigration agents, who accuse him of supporting terrorist organizations and pose a national security threat, while he denies these allegations and filed a lawsuit citing constitutional rights violations.
- Despite multiple requests by Khalil’s legal team and family, ICE and the private contractor GEO Group have denied contact visits, preventing Khalil from physically meeting or holding his newborn son at the facility.
- Noor Abdalla, Khalil’s wife, traveled over 1,500 miles with their newborn hoping for a contact visit, saying that ICE denied this 'most basic human right' due to unspecified security concerns and a no-contact visitation policy.
- The ACLU and legal advocates characterize ICE’s refusal as retaliatory and call it 'calculated cruelty,' urging officials to end this policy and allow Khalil to see his son while his immigration hearing is scheduled for May 22, 2025.
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ICE denies Mahmoud Khalil contact with newborn: ACLU
Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student and Palestinian activist currently in federal custody at the Central Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center (CLIPC), is not allowed to hold his newborn son, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In a news release, the ACLU alleges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not allow Khalil to have physical contact with his family. “The officials …
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