Palestinian Political Prisoner Given Green Light To Challenge Trump’s Deportation Efforts – The Cradle

 Palestinian Political Prisoner Given Green Light To Challenge Trump’s Deportation Efforts

Mahmoud Khalil, a legal resident of the US, was arrested in New York and moved to a detention facility in Louisiana due to his role as a mediator during last year’s anti-genocide campus protests

A federal court in Manhattan on 19 March rejected a claim by the White House to dismiss Palestinian political prisoner Mahmoud Khalil’s legal challenge against his detention and deportation.

“These are serious allegations and arguments that, no doubt, warrant careful review by a court of law; the fundamental constitutional principle that all persons in the United States are entitled to due process of law demands no less,” Judge Jesse Furman wrote in his ruling, describing Khalil’s ordeal as an “exceptional case.”

Furman stressed the need for a thorough legal review to determine whether the White House acted “unlawfully or exercised its authority in an arbitrary and discriminatory manner” and said that his previous order barring the government from deporting Khalil must remain in place while the case is under review.

He also ruled that the legal case must be transferred to New Jersey, where Khalil was held when the challenge was filed, instead of Louisiana, where he is currently detained at an immigration enforcement facility.

“My name is Mahmoud Khalil, and I am a political prisoner. I am writing to you from a detention facility in Louisiana, where I wake to cold mornings and spend long days bearing witness to the quiet injustices underway against a great many people precluded from the protections of the law,” the Palestinian green card holder says in a public letter issued on Tuesday.

🔗SOURCE ➡️ The Cradle

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