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The Columbia University graduate student who is in custody in Louisiana and could be deported
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for leading anti-Israel demonstrations on the Columbia campus last year is now a father
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The wife of Mahmoud Khalil gave birth to a baby boy in New York Monday
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Khalil was not there for the birth. The federal government alleges that Khalil
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who was born in Syria and is in the U.S. as a legal permanent resident
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is a national security risk. An immigration judge in Louisiana sided with the government
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and ruled he can be deported. Lawyers for Khalil are now appealing
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His wife, Noor Abdallah, released a statement saying Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to allow Khalil to travel to New York
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for the birth of their son, saying, quote, Ayesha and the Trump administration have stolen these precious moments from our family
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in an attempt to silence Mahmoud's support for Palestinian freedom
