Pakistan(National Times)- US District Judge Michael Fabiarz had issued an order Wednesday that the government could not detain or deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident, based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u2019s assertions that his presence on US soil posed a national security threat. The order gave the government until Friday to release Khalil. But by Friday afternoon, the Trump administration \u201crepresented that the Petitioner is being detained on another, second charge,\u201d the judge wrote. The Department of Homeland Security has provided the court with press clippings from various American tabloids suggesting Khalil, who is married to a US citizen, had failed to disclose certain information about his work or involvement in a campaign to boycott Israel when applying for his permanent resident green card, ABC News reported. \u201cThe government is now using cruel, transparent delay tactics to keep him away from his wife and newborn son ahead of their first Father\u2019s Day as a family,\u201d Khalil attorney Amy Greer said in a statement, referring to the US holiday observed on Sunday. \u201cInstead of celebrating together, he is languishing in ICE detention as punishment for his advocacy on behalf of his fellow Palestinians. It is unjust, it is shocking, and it is disgraceful.\u201d Since his March 8 arrest by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, Khalil has become a symbol of President Donald Trump\u2019s willingness to stifle pro-Palestinian student activism against the Gaza war, in the name of curbing anti-Semitism. At the time a graduate student at New York\u2019s Columbia University, Khalil was one of the most visible leaders of nationwide campus protests against Israel\u2019s war in Gaza. Authorities transferred Khalil, who was born in Syria to Palestinian parents, nearly 2,000 kilometers (1,242 miles) from his home in New York to a detention center in Louisiana, pending deportation. His wife Noor Abdalla, a Michigan-born dentist, gave birth to their son while Khalil was in detention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pakistan(National Times)- US District Judge Michael Fabiarz had issued an order Wednesday that the government could not detain or deport Khalil, a legal permanent resident, based on Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u2019s assertions that his presence on US soil posed a national security threat. The order gave the government until Friday to release Khalil. But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":106112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n