About 12 protesters demonstrated in support of former Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested Tuesday after they clashed with New York City police.
Immigration law enforcement Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident, was arrested in New York on Saturday, and he was transferred to an immigration detention center in Louisiana after the Trump administration tried to revoke his legal status and deport him from his involvement in anti-Israel protests on campus last year.
The White House said Tuesday that Harrier distributed a Hamas flyer on campus.
“This is a person who organizes group protests that not only destroys college campus curriculum and harasses Jewish American students and makes them feel unsafe on their college campuses, but also distributes pro-attack propaganda flighters with Hamas logos.”
U.S. District Court Judge Jesse Furman ordered Khalil to be eight months pregnant, but his wife was not deported when the court considered a legal challenge raised by his attorney, who argued that the government had committed illegal retaliation for constitutionally protected remarks. His attorneys want him to bring back to New York and release under supervision.
Several protesters in New York State blocked a downtown street in Manhattan, even after warnings to clear the road, the New York Police Department was arrested.
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New York Police officers clashed with pro-Palestine protesters who gathered outside the Gracey Building to protest New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ possession of Iftar and demanded the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. New York City, United States, March 11, 2025. (Getty Image)
A presenter During the arrest, a pair of officers were entangled on the ground.
“Move the police, go out, we know you’re trained in Israel.” Some protesters shouted as the police stopped them from entering the Town Hall Park. “Oink, Oink, Piglet, Piglet. We want to make your life-tty.”
Police have repeatedly warned protesters that if they remain on the road, they will be arrested and charged with wrongdoing.
The New York Post reported that the New York Police Department said late Tuesday that one person was charged with allegations of misconduct and obstruction of government administration, while 11 other people were issued a subpoena.
According to media reports, he also detained a man after police debated with protesters.
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New York Police officers clashed with pro-Palestine protesters who gathered outside the Gracey Building to protest New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ possession of Iftar and demanded the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. New York City, United States, March 11, 2025. (Getty Image)
The store noted that earlier, about 350 protesters headed to the Federal Plaza Immigration Court from Washington Square Park, who shouted anti-Israel slogans and called on Khalil’s freedom.
The protesters shouted, “There is only one solution, the uprising revolution.”
The group was trying to give a speech in front of the federal court building in the middle of the street when the New York Police Department told them to continue walking. When protesters tried to enter City Hall Park, police stopped them and forced them to turn around.
Protesters say Khalil was criminalized for his freedom of expression. They also said he was a “political prisoner.”
Protesters shouted: “The Trump administration and co-conspirators Columbia University believe that if we separate us from this key cornerstone of the community, our movement will begin to collapse.”
The officers also clashed with protesters outside the Gracey Building to protest against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who holds Iftar – Muslims fast every day during Ramadan as they demand Khalil’s release.
Pro-Palestine protesters gathered outside the Gracey Building to protest New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ possession of Iftar and demanded the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil. New York City, United States, March 11, 2025. (Getty Image)
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Free speech groups and other civil rights groups criticized Khalil’s detention as a violation of his First Amendment rights to freedom of speech, saying the Trump administration is seeking to curb speech that disagrees with.
“This is the United States. We won’t put people in detention centers because of their politics. Doing so betrays our nation’s commitment to freedom of speech,” the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said in a statement.
President Donald Trump The Israel-Hamas war began on October 7, 2023, following the surprise attack on Hamas on the Jewish state, following the start of the Israel-Hamas war, which vowed to be called anti-Semitism in the university campuses, following several anti-Israel protests on Colombia and other U.S. campuses.
Khalil’s next court hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
