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Columbia grad says detention is indicative of anti-Palestinian racism in the US

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Mahmoud Khalil said he is being targeted as part of an effort to repress Palestinian voices in a letter dictated from a Louisiana immigration center.

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  1. The Boston Globe

    Columbia University grad Mahmoud Khalil says his ‘unjust detention’ is part of Trump’s strategy to suppress dissent (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Rampant anti-Palestinian racism is to blame for his detention, Khalil’s two-page letter to his family said.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Columbia grad says detention is indicative of anti-Palestinian racism in the US (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    Mahmoud Khalil said he is being targeted as part of an effort to repress Palestinian voices in a letter dictated from a Louisiana immigration center.

  3. NBC New York

    Columbia grad says his detention is indicative of anti-Palestinian racism in the U.S. (opens NBC New York)

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    NBC New York's feed description

    In a letter dictated from a Louisiana immigration lockup and released by his attorney, Mahmoud Khalil said he is being targeted as part of a larger effort to...

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