The Trump government admitted that Mahmud Khalil was detained without a warrant, says that it was a flight risk

The Trump administration admitted in the court that Mahmud Khalil was detained without a warrant.

Columbia University student and pro-Filistini worker Mahmud Khalil Whose arrest was sent to shockwaves among university students in the country, they were detained without arrest warrant, Donald Trump Administration admitted to the court. This cited external conditions for warrantless arrest and said there was a risk of flight. Immigration officials said that Mahmud Khalik said that he would not cooperate and intend to leave the scene.
After returning from Iftar meal during Ramadan, Khalil, a Syrian -born legal American resident with a green card, was arrested on 8 March. In the video footage of the arrest, Khalil supports Khalil and officials have been told, “Yes, I am coming with you.”
The DHS on Thursday argued in the court documents submitted in the court that it did not need to receive a warrant before the arrest as the immigration officials have the power to detain people where there is a “crime against the United States”.
“HSI [Homeland Security Investigations] The supervisory agent believed that there was a risk of flight and arrest was necessary, “DHS wrote.” The agents had the reason to believe that the defendant was likely to escape before receiving the warrant, “it continued.

Khalil’s lawyers claim that he was collaborating with agents

However, Khalil’s lawyers argue that DHS needed warrant to enter its customer’s apartment building. Khalil’s legal team is calling to dismiss the case, claiming that they collaborated with the authorities during the arrest and no evidence has been presented to prove that it was a flight risk.
“We learned for the first time that the DHS agents who arrested Mahmood lied to him: He wrote in his arrest report that the agents told him that he had a arrest warrant, but the DHS has now admitted in his filing that it was a lie and there was no warrant at the time of arrest,” Mark Van Der Hout, said in a statement.

Khalil is not allowed to see his newborn baby

Khalil’s wife Noor Abdullah gave birth to her first son in New York, while Khalil remains in snow custody in Louisiana. “I first welcomed my son to the world without Mahmood. To allow Mahmood to participate in birth despite our requests, he denied his temporary release to meet our son. It was a purposeful decision to affect me, Mahmud and our son by snow,” Khalil’s wife said in a statement issued by Khalil’s wife.