1. United States
2. Mont.
3. Letter

Hello, I am writing to ask you to do everything in your power to secure the release from ICE custody of U.S. permanent resident and student activist Mahmoud Khalil. The headlines that I am reading about Mahmoud are chilling and feel like they are coming out of another country like Russia or South Korea. Mahmoud is a student activist for Palestinian rights at Columbia University. He was abducted from his New York apartment on March 8 by DHS agents in retaliation for his political speech on Palestinian rights. There were no charges brought or warrant for his arrest. Khalil is currently being held in ICE custody and has reportedly already been moved out of New York State. His wife, a U.S. citizen, is eight months pregnant. We need our members of Congress to start fighting back. They are trying to remove a legal permanent resident for his political speech in support of human rights and justice. Everyone in Congress needs to immediately and publicly condemn this action, call for Mahmoud's release, and do everything in their power to protect student activists and immigrants. This is an outrage and Americans won’t stand for it. Thanks.