The 8 -month -old pregnant wife pledged to the pro -Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil to release her husband in time to the birth of their child, after his arrest and his detention by federal immigration officers at the end of the week.

“I urge you to see Mahmoud through my eyes as a loving husband and a future father for our child.” Newsweek In a statement issued by her husband’s lawyer, Amy E Jarir.

His wife, who did not call the lawyer when asked before, said, “Please release Mahmoud.” Newsweek Or in the legal papers submitted on Sunday in the challenge of the detention of Khalil.

Immun -born Syrian -born, a permanent resident in the United States and the University of Colombia, played a major role in the Gaza war protests last year on the Ivi League campus in New York City.

He was arrested in the city on Saturday, and more than 1,000 miles were transferred to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Center in Central Louisiana.

On Monday, a federal judge arrested the Trump administration’s attempt to deport Khalil.

President Donald Trump, who pledged to praise the demonstrators supporting the Palestinians on the campus of universities, described the arrest “the first arrest of many in the future.”

Police said about 3,000 demonstrators showed the arrest of Khalil in the lower Manhattan on Monday afternoon.

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