Mahmoud Khalil's wife gives birth after ICE denies Columbia activist's plea for temporary release

Los Angeles Times - 22/04
Khalil, who has been held in a detention center in Louisiana, requested a two-week furlough, noting that his wife had gone into labor earlier than expected.

NEW YORK — Federal immigration authorities denied Mahmoud Khalil’s request for a temporary release from detention to attend the birth of his first child, who was born Monday in New York, according to emails shared with the Associated Press.

Khalil, a ...
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