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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Diana Ramirez-Simon and agencies

Mahmoud Khalil’s wife Noor Abdalla gives birth as Ice denies his request to attend

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Noor Abdalla holds a portrait, on 12 March, of her and Mahmoud Khalil on their wedding day. Photograph: Caitlin Ochs/Reuters

Noor Abdalla, the wife of detained Columbia University graduate and Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, has announced the birth of their son.

In a statement released on Monday evening, Abdalla wrote: “I welcomed our son into the world earlier today without Mahmoud by my side. Despite our request for ICE to allow Mahmoud to attend the birth, they denied his temporary release to meet our son. This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer.”

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