Freed From US Jail, Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil Seizes His New Public Platform

Freed from US jail, Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil seizes his new public platform

NEW YORK - U.S. President Donald Trump's fight with elite American universities was only a few days old when federal immigration agents arrested the Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil at his Columbia University apartment building in New York in March.  Read more at straitstimes.com.

Mahmoud Khalil: Let’s Focus on Palestinians Right Now Instead of My Freedom

Khalil also discusses his experience behind bars and the ongoing threat of deportation that hangs over him.

EXCLUSIVE: Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian Activist Jailed by ICE for 104 Days, in First Live Interview

In his first live broadcast interview since being released from ICE detention, Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil tells Democracy Now! about his experience behind bars, the ongoing threat of deportation that hangs over him and why he continues to speak out against the U.S.-backed Israeli war on Gaza. The Columbia University graduate was the first pro-Palestinian campus protester to be jailed by the Trump administration. Khalil is now reunited wi