IThe Na Louisiana Immigration and Customs Board's detention facility was limited by Mahmoud Khali when his wife gave birth to their son on Monday – more than 1000 miles from the hospital where she would have stood. The solution was not due to the logistical impossibility, but because of the temporary request for release, highlighting what some experts describe as a family separation pattern as specific communities.
“It was an determined decision by Ice, Mahmoud and our son will suffer,” Dr. Noor said in a statement when he gave birth. “My son and I should not navigate his first days without Mahmoud.”
Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University and a member of the University of Columbia University Apartheid Dessibest, was arrested on March 8 after his participation in the campus against the Gaza War. His subsequent placement under Ice made his deportation case more prominent in the new Trump administration. But the proponents claim that, by holding the birth of Khalil's son, the president's first term of office adds and cruel.
Although the Khalil case is still advanced, his situation, according to experts, reflects the family separation policy, which created a significant scandal in the first Trump administration and, according to experts, seems to have interfered with the hostility of Muslims with the hostility of the president. Trump's “zero tolerance” border policy forced family separations 2018 at the Mexican Border, a year after the newly installed president established “Muslim prohibition“Ralda policies and executive orders that prevent families from reconnecting, among other things, from seven Muslim countries on American soil.
“Especially family separation is a very cruel political tool on which the Trump administration has relied on both of its administrations,” says Yasmine Taeb, a human rights lawyer and a progressive strategist who worked to cancel the 2017 travel ban. “In the case of Mahmoud Khalil, he was sent to the detention center that abused abuse of his support system, from his support system, and now his newborn child.”
He pointed out to other outstanding cases: Rumeysa Öztürk, Turkish national and Fulbright scientist who pursued his doctorate. At the University of Tufts, Plinclothes Ice agents were arrested on March 25, 2025 in Massachusetts, near his home. His detention followed his canceling his student visa, as his part has been in favor of Palestinian activism, in particular, according to the US Department of State, OP-Ed Tufts Student newspaper. The owner and student of the Palestinian Green Card at Columbia University, Mohsen Mahdawi, was held with Ice on April 14, 2025 in his naturalization interview in Vermontis Colchester. Mahdawi, who had organized protests in Palestinian protests in the campus, became a legal permanent resident of the US in 2015.
“The fact that Mahmoud, Mohsen, Rumeysa and other students are simply aimed at promoting Palestinian rights should all be disturbed and intimidated by us,” said Taeb.
The Trump administration has repeatedly equated with anti-Semitism-equivalent in favor of Palestinian activism, challenging The participation of Jewish students and activists Israeli's behavior among people in the Gaza War. The war triggered 7th October 2023 Hamas attack Israel, resulting in 1200 deaths and abduction of over 200 hostages; Israel's countermeasures are required More than 50,000 lives, most of them civilians, according to Hamas -controlled Palestinian health authorities, the US and the United Nations were reliable
US Muslims are not only cautious as a scapegoat, but also what comes with it. Hundreds of Muslims, Arabic and Southern Men were in the months following the attacks of September 11 detainedSome of the Ministry of Justice later described If “unreasonably harsh” conditions. Many families had no information about their loved ones for weeks or months that worsened communication power outage This prevented contact by phone, post or visit.
In addition to the political dimensions, family separation causes deeply psychological damageAccording to mental health specialists.
“Not to choose from their newborn baby, but systemic barriers are a unique heartache,” says Ruh Care, a psychotherapist in Ruh Care, a web therapy -focused web therapy service focused on Muslim clients. “For Mahmoud Khalil, this means not only immigration policy; it concerns the holy, once in a lifetime. The emotional issue of such a isolation can leave permanent wounds, not only for the parent, but also for the child whose first days begin without the presence of the father.”
In the Khalil case, immigration institutions had the discretion of providing temporary humanitarian release – regularly for circumstances such as family events or deaths – but decided not to train.
“Ice's cruelty is boundless,” said Baher Azmy, the legal director of the Constitutional Center and Khalil lawyer. “To give this little thinking to give Mahmoud and young people the most basic human gesture, to take care of each other at this pivotal life is to arrest their vast and arbitrary decision to arrest and try to deport it. The humanity of Mahmoud and his family is finally what we
Dr. Abdalla combines his family directly with Khalil's political activism. “The Ice and Trump administration has stolen those valuable moments from our family to silence Mahmoud's support for Palestinian freedom,” he said.
Civil Freedom Organizations have expressed concern The Constitution is protected by the speech. Trump warned On the Facts page of the White House, “For all residents of foreigners who joined the Gehihadist protests, we signal you: Come 2025, we find you and we will deport you. I quickly cancel the student visas of all Hamas sympathists, which are infected with radicalism as ever.”
Dr. Abdalla focuses on the reunion of his family. “I continue to fight every day to come to us,” she said. “I know when Mahmoud is released, he shows our son how to be brave, thoughtful and compassionate, just like his father.”
