One is sitting in the Trump Tower in New York City as the protesters gathered by the federal immigration agents to demand the release of Palestinian activist Mahmud Khalil, who was detained over the weekend.
The organization Jewish voice for peace packed hundreds of protesters in the building lobby on Thursday. There are some signs that “Fight Nazis Not Students,” “Free Mahmood Free Palestine,” and “You can’t exist a movement.”
Many people can be heard chanting “free Mahmood”.
The group said in a statement, “The Jewish voice for peace demands the Trump administration.
Khalil, a 30 -year -old Graduate and a Green Card holder of Columbia University, was arrested on Saturday by immigration and customs enforcement agents. His lawyer, Amy Greer, said Khalil was told that his student visa was being canceled.
He is being organized in a Louisiana immigration preventive facility.
A department of the Homeland Security Spokesperson said Khalil was detained by President Donald Trump’s “executive orders banning the anti-Jewish” executive orders in coordination with the ICE and the Department of State in support of the executive orders. The spokesman said Khalil “led the activities related to Hamas” a nominated terrorist organization Hamas “.
Trump and his administration have not given evidence of the allegations against him.
Describing the vibrancy of the protest, a person said that “more than 200 Jews and friends” captured the Trump Tower.
“We are saying that when you come to one of us, you face us all,” the person said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
