Wife of Mahmoud Khalil says he was denied temporary release for birth of son

Mahmoud Khalil’s Case Brings Family Separation into Focus

In a Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, Mahmoud Khalil remained confined as his wife gave birth to their son on Monday—over 1,000 miles away from the hospital room where he would have been standing. The separation wasn’t due to logistical impossibility but a denied request for temporary release, highlighting what some experts describe as a pattern of using family separation as leverage against specific communities.…

Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their first child. She said her husband's request for temporary release from the detention center was denied.

ICE denies activist release for child's birth

NEW YORK — Federal immigration authorities denied Mahmoud Khalil's request for a temporary release from detention to attend the birth of his first child, who was born Monday in New York, according to emails shared with The Associated Press.

Media Laments Detained Israel-Hating Columbia Student Missed Birth Of His Child

The same media that excoriated people during the COVID pandemic for wanting to be with their relatives and children in hospitals is now writing sympathetic puff pieces about Mahmoud Khalil.Khalil, you may remember, is the Columbia University student who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement after using his student visa to advocate for the destruction of western civilization. Sounds exactly like something NPR would support, with the…

ICE rejected Mahmoud Khalil's request to attend the birth of his first child, wife says

Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student, has been held in a detention center in Louisiana since March.

Marco Rubio’s Family Values: Preventing Mahmoud Khalil From Witnessing His Child’s Birth

"It's no longer about you," Marco Rubio declared in 2023, describing the transformative moment of becoming a father. "It's the first time in my life that I have been responsible, entirely at that stage, for the life of another human being." The Senator has repeatedly stressed the critical importance of fathers being present, going so…