“We will not be silent”: The demonstrators occupy the Trump tower demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil

Hundreds of demonstrators occupied the Trump Tower in New York City on Thursday to protest against the president Donald Trump Detention and attempt to deport a former Colombia University student Mahmoud Khalil.

Activists from Jewish voice for peace The corresponding shirts that read “not in our name” rose and the building’s lobby was flooded on a sit -in.

JVP spokeswoman Sonia Merceon-Keyox has claimed that nearly 300 Jewish and non-Jewish protesters attended the protest in solidarity with Khalil. The demonstrators accused Trump and his administration of illegally detaining Khalil, a permanent resident in the United States, regarding his activity on the campus of Colombia. Trump administration Alleged Without evidence that the green card holder is a supporter of Hamas.

Khalil was a major negotiator for students participating in the camps in Colombia to support Gaza last spring. On Wednesday’s session, a judge spent he could stay in the federal reservation at the present time, although he cannot be deported yet.

The sit -in led to collective arrests of the demonstrators. The New York Police Department refused to provide arrest numbers to a salon, despite Meyerson-Knox NBC News said The police removed 100 people or so.

in A statement earlier this week, JVP demanded the release of khalil and the condemnation of the campaign for freedom of expression “using the anti -anti -Semitism curtain.”

The group said: “The Trump administration’s outrageous detention was designed from Mahmoud Khalil to sow terror between students and immigrant societies in order to silence people who call for Palestinian freedom and feed the collective deportation machine,” adding that Khalil’s detention is “strictly constitutional.”

The right -wing commentators and elected officials condemned the protest against X, including Georgia Reply. Margori Taylor Green, from President Trump said You must accuse accusations against peaceful demonstrators.

“I know that the owner of this building and will definitely be compensated,” said Green, who has the history of floors in amplifying the theories of anti -Semitic conspiracy. “Favo.”