President Donald Trump has likened Mahmoud Khalil to a terrorist sympathizer. Others portray him as a Palestinian activist, singled out for his outspoken support for his own people.But long before he was arrested by federal agents Saturday night, Khalil told CNN he felt called to advocate for the liberation of both the Palestinian and Jewish people as a refugee.맥스카지노�As a Palestinian student, I believe that the liberation of the Palestinian people and the Jewish people are intertwined and go hand-by-hand and you cannot achieve one without the other,맥스카지노� he told CNN last spring when he was one of the negotiators representing student demonstrators during talks with Columbia University맥스카지노�s administration.맥스카지노�Our movement is a movement for social justice and freedom and equality for everyone,맥스카지노� he said.Khalil, who completed work on his masters degree from Columbia University in December and is a legal resident of the U.S., was arrested and detained by federal agents after his lawyer said his green card was revoked by the Trump administration.His attorney, Amy Greer, said Khalil맥스카지노�s wife, who is an American citizen, was also present during his arrest and is eight months pregnant.A federal judge blocked any immediate effort by the Trump administration to deport Khalil, late Monday afternoon. Judge Jesse Furman ordered a hearing on Khalil맥스카지노�s case to be held Wednesday morning in New York City.Greer said she spoke to Khalil on Monday, and he is 맥스카지노�healthy and his spirits are undaunted by his predicament.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�He was chosen as an example to stifle entirely lawful dissent, in violation of the First Amendment,맥스카지노� she said in a statement. 맥스카지노�The government맥스카지노�s objective is as transparent as it is unlawful.맥스카지노�But there are those 맥스카지노� including Trump and his administration 맥스카지노� who view Khalil맥스카지노�s pro-Palestinian activism as acts of antisemitism and support for Hamas.맥스카지노�Following my previously signed executive orders, ICE proudly apprehended and detained Mahmoud Khalil, a radical foreign pro-Hamas Student on the campus of Columbia University,맥스카지노� Trump posted Monday on Truth Social. 맥스카지노�This is the first arrest of many to come.맥스카지노�Khalil is being held at a detention facility in Jena, Louisiana, according to a source with direct knowledge of the case. Here맥스카지노�s what we know about him.맥스카지노�We are the lucky ones that made it맥스카지노� to the USIn an interview with CNN last spring, Kahlil said he was born a Palestinian refugee in Syria, but his family is from Tiberias, an Israeli city that was once known for its mixed Jewish and Arab population.During the Arab-Israeli War in 1948, millions of Palestinians were forcibly removed from cities like Tiberias in what became known as 맥스카지노�The Nakba,맥스카지노� or catastrophe.Khalil grew up in Syria and earned his bachelor맥스카지노�s degree in computer science from Lebanese American University, according to his LinkedIn profile. Before enrolling at Columbia, he held multiple roles in international development, including with the United Kingdom맥스카지노�s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.In 2023, Khalil began studying to earn his master맥스카지노�s degree in public administration at Columbia맥스카지노�s School of International and Public Affairs. Then, Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.The Israel-Hamas War thrust Columbia University and its students into the national spotlight as pro-Palestinian demonstrations swept through college campuses.Building on a tradition of student-led anti-war protests at Columbia, a coalition of students established encampments on campus, held rallies and staged 맥스카지노�teach-ins.맥스카지노� But the movement was also tainted by instances of rampant antisemitism, which Khalil disavowed.맥스카지노�There is, of course, no place for antisemitism,맥스카지노� he told CNN in April. 맥스카지노�What we are witnessing is anti-Palestinian sentiment that맥스카지노�s taking different forms and antisemitism, Islamophobia, racism (are) some of these forms.맥스카지노�Khalil reportedly suspended, then reinstated as a Columbia studentKhalil added that he chose not to participate directly in the student encampments because he did not want to risk the university revoking his student visa.Instead, he gave speeches and was one of the students selected to lead discussions with university administrators on behalf of Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student organizations that demanded, among other things, the university to divest from its financial ties to Israel and a ceasefire in Gaza.맥스카지노�I always say that we are the lucky ones that made it here to speak for our people who are under oppression in Palestine and across the refugee camps and the Palestinian cities,맥스카지노� Khalil said, adding that at times he맥스카지노�s felt 맥스카지노�survival guilt맥스카지노� over his inability to 맥스카지노�do anything meaningful for the (Palestinian) people맥스카지노� other than protest.맥스카지노�I was fearful of actively engaging in protests at some points because of different threats (and) because of the university맥스카지노�s policies regarding this but again, we organized. We prevailed to do something for our people.맥스카지노�Days after Khalil spoke to CNN, the university missed its deadline to reach an agreement on divestment. In response, students, as well as people unaffiliated with the school, entered Columbia맥스카지노�s Hamilton Hall and barricaded themselves inside. The university ultimately requested police assistance to remove the protesters and more than 280 people were arrested, according to the NYPD.After the demonstration at Hamilton Hall, Khalil told the BBC the university moved to suspend him, then abruptly reversed the decision.맥스카지노� that after reviewing the evidence, they don맥스카지노�t have any evidence to suspend (me),맥스카지노� he told the BBC. 맥스카지노�It shows how random the suspension was 맥스카지노� they did that randomly, and without due process.맥스카지노�Now, nearly a year later, Khalil맥스카지노�s attorney, as well as First Amendment advocates, say he맥스카지노�s facing a similar denial of due process, following his arrest by federal agents on Saturday.Ben Wizner, director of the American Civil Liberties Union맥스카지노�s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, called Khalil맥스카지노�s arrest 맥스카지노�unprecedented, illegal, and un-American.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�The First Amendment protects everyone in the US. The government맥스카지노�s actions are obviously intended to intimidate and chill speech on one side of a public debate,맥스카지노� Wizner said in a statement Monday.More than 1.7 million people have signed a letter to demand Khalil맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�immediate release,맥스카지노� according to a petition on Action Network. And in New York City, hundreds gathered outside the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building 맥스카지노� ICE has a field office 맥스카지노� on Monday to protest Khalil맥스카지노�s arrest, chanting 맥스카지노�We want justice, you say 맥스카지노�how?맥스카지노� release Mahmoud Khalil now!맥스카지노�Still, there are those who celebrated the Trump administration맥스카지노�s crack down on antisemitism and its so-called ringleaders on college campuses. In a statement posted to X, the Anti-Defamation League praised the administration for its resolve to curb antisemitism.맥스카지노�This action further illustrates that resolve by holding alleged perpetrators responsible for their actions,맥스카지노� the ADL said. 맥스카지노�Obviously, any deportation action or revocation of a Green Card or visa must be undertaken in alignment with required due process protections.맥스카지노�CNN맥스카지노�s Jeff Winter, Alaa Elassar and Shimon Prokupecz contributed to this report.