Mahmoud Khalil is preparing to ask the US supreme court to hear his deportation case after more than a year of legal limbo. If the court takes it up, the outcome could have sweeping ramifications for political speech in the US.
Detention and legal battle
Khalil was detained by ICE for his role in student protests at Columbia University, a case widely understood as a test. He was a legal permanent resident with a green card. The Trump administration claimed his advocacy on behalf of Palestinian people made him a threat to US foreign policy.
Kai Wright speaks with Khalil about his new book, No Land to Stand On, which details what happened after ICE snatched him up, flew him across the country, and deposited him in a for-profit detention center.
Family's experience
Khalil and his wife, Noor Abdalla, share their family's experience – how, with a newborn child, they fought to keep Khalil in the US, and how they're facing the reality that the Trump administration is still trying to deport him.
