ICE arrested Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant, court documents show
- Federal agents detained Mahmoud Khalil on March 8 in his Manhattan apartment lobby.
- The government justified the warrantless arrest claiming Khalil posed foreign policy risks and agents feared flight.
- Department of Justice attorneys later admitted agents did not have an arrest warrant upon taking Khalil.
- A government lawyer wrote agents believed there was "a flight risk and arrest was necessary."
- Khalil's attorneys contest the government's account, citing video evidence, and challenge his detention legality.
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Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys and DOJ spar over whether a warrant was needed to arrest him, court documents reveal
By Gloria Pazmino and Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — Attorneys for the Department of Justice said federal agents did not have an arrest warrant when they took Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil into custody because the agents believed he was a flight risk before they could obtain a warrant, according to court documents filed Thursday – it’s a characterization Khalil’s attorneys say is disproven by previously released video of the arrest. In…
ICE arrested Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant, court documents show
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents did not have a warrant when they arrested Mahmoud Khalil, according to court documents in which the Trump administration argues their action was legally justified. Khalil’s attorneys asked an immigration judge in Louisiana, where he has been detained for weeks, to terminate his case since ICE agents arrested him…


Trump admin says no warrant was needed to arrest Columbia student activist Mahmoud Khalil because they feared he’d flee
New documents entered in a New Jersey court on Thursday show that the federal government defended its warrantless arrest of Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil.
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