Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil faced a judge in a federal courtroom in Manhattan today, while outside protesters demanded his release.
Khalil is a green card holder who was detained by ICE over the weekend.
The Trump administration has lobbed some serious accusations at him.
Mahmoud Khalil was an individual who was given the privilege of coming to this country to study at one of our nation's finest universities and colleges, and he took advantage of that opportunity, of that privilege by siding with terrorists, Hamas terrorists who have killed innocent men, women and.
Children, but hasn't backed them up with any evidence.
The attempted deportation has created some unlikely allies here, including conservative pundit Ann Coulter, who tweeted, there's almost no one I don't want to deport, but unless they've committed a crime, isn't this a violation of the First Amendment?
On Today Explained, can the Trump administration kick out of the country a man who is charged with no crime and who is here legally?
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