Wife of Mahmoud Khalil, Palestinian activist facing deportation, says she was 'naive' not to expect his arrest
The wife of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who faces deportation, says she was "naive" to think that her husband wouldn't be detained by immigration agents.
The wife of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist who faces deportation, says she was "naive" to think that her husband wouldn't be detained by immigration agents.
In her first public comments since her Syrian-born husband's detention Saturday, Noor Abdalla told Reuters on Thursday that just two days before his arrest, Khalil had asked her if she knew what to do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers came to the door.
"I didn’t take him seriously. Clearly I was naive," said Abdalla, who is a U.S. citizen and pregnant with the couple's first child due next month.
Khalil, a 30-year-old with a green card, played a major role in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University last year. Those protests helped the spread of similar action on campuses across the country.
According to a document seen by NBC News, President Donald Trump’s administration has said Khalil is "subject to removal from the United States."
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