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Mahmud Khalil Columbia felt he was being stolen when in custody unfolded, lawyers say

Mahmud Khalil Columbia felt he was being stolen when in custody unfolded, lawyers say

New -York – met with handcuffs and hanged, Mahmud Khalil was thrown from New Nork to Louisiana last weekend in such a way that the chief graduate student of Columbia University left, feeling that he was abducted, his lawyers were written in an updated claim that he was looking for his immediate release.

Lawyers described in detail what happened to the Palestinian activist When he flew to Louisiana agents, he said he had never identified himself. Once there, he was left to sleep in a bunker without a pillow or blanket when the US top -dominants encouraged efforts to deport the man who lawyers say that he sometimes became a “public face” Student protests On the campus of Colombia against Israel’s hostilities in Gas.

Late Thursday’s submission in the Federal Court of Manhattan was the result of a federal judge’s order on Wednesday, which was finally allowed to talk to Halil.

The lawyers stated that his treatment of the federal authorities from Saturday, when he was first arrested, was reminiscent of Halila by Monday when he left Syria shortly after the forced disappearance of his friends there during arbitrary detention in 2013.

“During this process, Mr. Halil felt as if he was being stolen,” lawyers wrote about his treatment.

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump passed the arrest of Halla as the first “of many who came”, promised on social networks to deport students, he stated that he was engaged in “Proterorist, anti -Semitic, anti -American activity.”

In court documents, the lawyers of the Ministry of Justice stated that Kalil was detained under the law, which allows State Secretary Marco Rubio to remove someone from the country if he has reasonable reasons to believe that their presence or activity can potentially serious adverse foreign policy consequences.

Trump and Rubio were added as defendants in a civilian claim seeking to release the Halila.

Government lawyers asked the judge to throw away or transfer it to New Jersey or Louisian, stating that jurisdiction belongs to the places where Halle was held after his detention.

According to the lawsuit, Khalil repeatedly asked to talk to a lawyer after a permanent resident of the United States, who had no criminal history, was not torn by federal agents when he and his wife returned to Colombia’s home where they lived after dinner at a friend’s house.

Faced with agents of the Department of Internal Security, Khalil briefly called his lawyer before he was taken to the FBI headquarters on Lower Manhattan, the claim reports.

It was there that Khalil saw the agent approach another agent and said, “The White House requires an update,” lawyers wrote.

At some point, the Halil was allotted early on Sunday, handcuffed and hung, to Elizabeth’s imprisonment center, New Jersey, a private institution where he spent a night in a cold hall for processing, his request for a ban on refusing.

When he reached the front of the line for processing, he was told that its processing would not happen, because it was transported by immigration authorities, it is reported.

Put in the van, Khalil noticed that one of the agents received a text message, indicating that the Halle should not use its phone, said the claim.

At 14:45 he was sent on Sunday to the American Airlines flight from Kennedy International Airport to Dallas, where he was sent to Alexandria, Louisiana. He arrived at 1 am on Monday, and the police car took him to a detention facility in Louisiana to Yena, Louisiana, said in the message.

He is now worried about his pregnant wife and “is also very concerned about the birth of his first child,” the lawsuit said.

In April, Halil had to start work and benefit from the health, which the couple was expecting to cover the costs associated with birth and child care, added.

“Mr. Halil is very important to be able to continue his protected political speech, speaking for the rights of the Palestinians – both in the internal and abroad,” said the lawsuit, noting that Halil planned to come to the college at the future premiere in Copenhagen, Denmark, the documentary.

On Wednesday, Halil’s lawyers stated that they were not allowed to be a protected client’s lawyer with Halyl since his arrest, and he was told that they could talk to him in 10 days. Judge Jesse M. Furman ordered to allow at least one conversation on Wednesday and Thursday.

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