On Monday, the Mahmoud Khalil Khalil team at the University of Colombia released new footage of the minutes before it was arrested in March, which they say contradict the government’s argument that it was a flight risk, officials said he justified his detention without an arrest warrant.
Activist in Colombia, who helped organize pro -Palestinian gatherings on the campus a year ago He was held at a detention center In Louisiana for two months. The owner of the green card, born in the Syrian, is fighting his detention and deportation since his arrest, which was the first under the promised White House administration campaign against students who protested the war in Gaza.
Five -minute security footage was obtained by the Khalil Law team by summoning, which was complied with by the University of Colombia. The video does not have a sound, and the faces of ice factors are unclear. The clip was withdrawn from five hours of footage that the University of Colombia turned into the Khalil legal team.
The video begins in the lobby of the residential building of New York City in Khalil, speaking to its lawyer on the phone and interacting with the four ice officers, while Khalil’s wife, Dr. Nour Abdel -Ala, walks towards the hallway. Abdullah, according to the Khalil Law team, went to obtain the Khalil Al -Khadra card from their apartment.
His legal team said that Khalil could also be seen interacting with ice agents and handing them his phone on two occasions to speak with his lawyer. Khalil looks quiet and cooperative, and at a time when he is laughing with agents.
At the end of the video, Abdullah returns to the lobby and gives Khalil his green card, which he delivers to the agents. The video ends after Khalil delivers his green card to them.
In April, the government said in the court documents that ICE agents allowed Abdala to obtain a “conditional residence card that was present in their apartment, instead of arresting him” while Khalil and the agents remained “in the amateur”.
The government stated in its file in a court that the agents asked Khalil “cooperation while they tried to verify his identity, but the defendant stated that he would not cooperate and that he would leave the scene.”
“The HSI supervisory agent believes that there is a flight risk and the arrest was necessary,” and mentioned the file.
The Ministry of Internal Security and the Ministry of Justice immediately did not respond to Monday night, to request requests about the newly released security video.
NBC News previously reported video footage of the moment of his arrest, which showed Khalil cooperation and informing the officers, “Yes, I am coming with you.” This video was taken by Khalil’s wife.
Kahlil legal team said that the latest video provides strength for their battle.
“The world now knows that the ice is unconstitutional arrested in response to his defense of Palestinian rights and life,” said Ramzi Casem-co-director to create accountability and responsibility for law enforcement (CLEAR), a legal assistance group at the Faculty of Law at New York University-on Monday. “After the government recently admitted that the agents did not even have an administrative note to arrest Mahmoud, this video is the nail in the coffin of ice machines: it appears, clearly a day, that Mahmoud was calm and gathered it and never tried to run.”
Khalil was not accused of criminal behavior, but the Trump administration argued that he should be expelled from the country because of his beliefs.
The administration confirmed that it has the authority to deport Khalil because it “led activities to Hamas, a dedicated terrorist organization.”
NBC News reviewed more than 100 pages of documents submitted by the federal government in its efforts to deport Khalil, which showed that the government seemed to be dependent on non -verification.
Last month, Louisiana’s immigration judge confirmed the federal government argument that Khalil’s beliefs threaten national security and justify his deportation.
A few days later, the New Jersey County Judge Michael Farbaraz spent Kahil that he could continue to fight for freedom in the Federal Court.
His legal team said that he “will continue to work tirelessly until Mahmoud will be free.”
