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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Philip Marcelo

Detained Columbia graduate claims ‘irreparable harm’ to career and family as he pleads for release

Campus Protests Mahmoud Khalil - (AP)

A Columbia graduate facing deportation over his pro-Palestinian activism on campus has outlined the “irreparable harm” caused by his continued detention as a federal judge weighs his release.

Mahmoud Khalil said in court filings unsealed Thursday that the “most immediate and visceral harms” he’s faced in his months detained in Louisiana relate to missing out on the birth of his first child in April.

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