Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and prominent protest organizer, feared the government would immediately deport him the night he was arrested, a new court filing shows.
The grad student, a green card holder who was detained on the night of March 8, has said he mediated discussions between pro-Palestine students and the university during protests last year, while the Trump administration has labeled him as “pro-Hamas.” In a new filing, Khalil has described a disorientating series of events that he claims happened upon his detainment.
