It looks like the timing is in like with what you are stating, I will take the initial post down.
I have seen multiple places that they did not have a warrant for the undocumented person however, including a statement by the Judge in question.
ICE did not have warrant for Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest - now Homeland Security claims ‘they did not need one’
ICE agents did not have a warrant when they detained
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, court documents have said.
Khalil, 30, was
stripped of his green card and arrested in front of his then-eight-month-pregnant wife in New York City on March 8. He was transferred to an ICE detention center in Louisiana, almost 1,300 miles away. There have been international calls for his release since then, with Khalil even
denied the right to attend the birth of his child on April 21.
But amid ongoing backlash
the Department of Homeland Security is now arguing a warrant was not needed before the arrest, alleging Khalil was a “flight risk” in claims his supporters branded ‘absurd’.
“Khalil was encountered by ICE officers and identified as a removable alien,” a DHS spokesperson said. “When he tried to walk away, he was arrested.
“An administrative arrest warrant was executed at the time of his booking, as is the custom. Khalil is arguing in immigration court that an arrest warrant is necessary prior to the arrest of a removable alien. There's no legal basis for that position.”
Khalil’s arrest in March was prompted by his involvement in a series of protests against Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. On the night of his arrest, ICE agents said they were acting on State Department orders to revoke Khalil’s student visa.
In a document filed in Newark federal court, a lawyer for the DHS said agents conducting surveillance of Khalil were notified he could be removed from the country ‘because his presence or activities would have serious adverse foreign policy consequences for the United States’.
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he seems to love them all
