New Legal Documents Show #MarcoRubio Targeted #Students for #OpEds and #Protesting

Rubio accused students including #MahmoudKhalil of supporting terrorism, but records unsealed after litigation by The Intercept undermine his claims.

by Jessica Washington, January 23 2026

Excerpt: "The students won their case last year, but until Thursday, the trove of documents remained under lock and key after the judge agreed to seal the records on the State Department’s behalf. At the request of The Intercept, the Boston Globe, the New York Times, and the Center for Investigative Reporting, Massachusetts District Judge William G. Young ultimately unsealed the records, revealing intimate details about the State Department’s persecution of students speaking out in support of #Palestine."

Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/23/mahmoud-khalil-palestine-protest-rubio/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/TCxn3

#USPol #FreeSpeech #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #GazaGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #BibiIsAWarCriminal #Authoritarianism #FreeMahmoudKhalil #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

a federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. government to free former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention where he was put for his role in pro-🇵🇸 protests.

in reaching his decision, the judge said Khalil is likely not a flight risk and "is not a danger to the community. Period, full stop."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mahmoud-khalil-freed-1.7567219

#FreeMahmoudKhalil #Gaza #USpol

Federal Judge orders the release of Mahmoud Khalil

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#MahmoudKhalil #FreeMahmoudKhalil #FreeMahmoud #Greencard #MeltIce

https://apnews.com/article/mahmoud-khalil-release-columbia-protest-trump-immigration-69162d21ab22377b1c1c08cf2c83d6cd?

Marco Rubio and the Administration really fear the voice of Mahmoud Khalil.
#FreeMahmoudKhalil #DefundICE #impeachTrumpnow

https://open.substack.com/pub/zeteo/p/breaking-judge-denies-mahmoud-khalil-release?r=ct3l&utm_medium=ios

Mahmoud Khalil, a legal U.S. resident and recent Columbia University graduate student, has not been charged with any crime.
Now this Louisiana Judge, U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz, wrote in a 106-page decision that he wants him to present further legal arguments for why he should be released.

That sounds the other way around to me; charge him first and present legal arguments why he is jailed ánd why he's transported to another state.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/28/mahmoud-khalil-ruling-deportation-unconstitutional-00373865 #FreeMahmoudKhalil

Mahmoud Khalil: Jailed Activist Testifies Before Immigration Judge and Holds His Child for First Time

https://www.democracynow.org/2025/5/23/mahmoud_khalil

#AbolishIce #Stopthedeportations #immigrantrights #Palestine #genocide #gaza #trump #fascism #MahmoudKhalil #freemahmoudkhalil

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFr12kXR36A

#DemocracyNow

#MahmoudKhalil Testifies Before #Immigration Judge and Holds🎉 Child for First Time

#FreeMahmoudKhalil