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The video seems to show Mahmoud Khalil, who works with ice agents before he was arrested

The student of Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil's legal team, released new film materials of the protocol on Monday that they say that they have contradicted the government's argument that he had declared a flat risk that civil servants had to justify his detention without arrest warrant.

The Columbia activist, who contributed a year ago to the Pro-Palestinian rallies organized on campus, has been taking place in a detention center in Louisiana for two months. The Green Card owner, born in Syria, has been fighting against his prison and his deportation since his arrest, which was the first campaign by the White Protest against Students who protested against the war in Gaza.

The five -minute security material was received by Khalil's legal team through a summons that Columbia University followed. The video has no sound and the faces of the ice agents are blurry. The clip was drawn from five hours of film material that the Columbia University passed over to Khalil's legal team.

Moments before Mahmoud Khalil's arrest in New York City on March 8th.With the kind permission of Mahmoud Khalil's legal team via Columbia University

The video begins in the lobby of Khalil's residential building in New York City, calling his lawyer on the phone and interacting with the four iron officers, while Khalil's Dr. Noor Abdalla goes to a hallway. According to Khalil's legal team, Abdalla Khalils Green Card got out of her apartment.

Khalil can also be seen how he interacts with the ICE agents and gives them his phone twice to speak to his lawyer, his legal team said. Khalil appears calm and cooperative, and at some point he seems to laugh with the agents.

At the end of the video, Abdalla returns to the lobby and gives Khalil his green card, which he hands over to the agent. The video ends after Khalil gave you his green card.

In April, the government in court documents said that ICE agent Abdalla allowed, Khalil's “conditional residence card that was in her apartment instead of arrest”, while Khalil and the agents “stayed in the foyer”.

The government said in court that the agents asked Khalil to “work together while trying to check his identification, but the respondent stated that he would not cooperate and that he would leave the scene.”

“The HSI supervisory authority believed that there was a risk of flight and was necessary,” said the submission.

The Department of Homeland Security and the Ministry of Justice did not immediately answer on Monday evening to inquiries about comments on the newly published security video.

NBC News previously reported on video recordings of the moment of his arrest, which showed that Khalil cooperated and told the officials: “Yes, I come with you.” This video was recorded by Khalil's wife.

Kahlil's legal team said the latest video has strength for her fight.

“The world now knows that ice Mahmoud has been unconstitutional for his defense of Palestinian Rights and Life,” said Ramzi Kassem, co-director of the accountability and responsibility for law enforcement authorities (Clear), a right-wing group at the Law School of the City University of New York-AM Monday. “After the government finally admitted that agents did not even have an administrative order against Mahmoud's arrest, this video of the nail is in the coffin of Ices Lies: it shows that Mahmoud was calm and collected and that he never tried to run.”

Khalil was not accused of criminal behavior, but the Trump government has argued that it should be excluded from the country because of its beliefs.

The administration claimed that it had the authority to deport Khalil because he “directed the activities on Hamas, a proven terrorist organization”.

NBC News checked more than 100 pages of documents, which the Federal Government deported to deport Khalil, which showed that the government seemed to be relying on non -checked tabloids.

Last month, an immigration judge in Louisiana confirmed the Federal Government's argument that Khalil's beliefs threaten national security and justify his deportation.

Days later, the district judge of New Jersey Michael Farbiharm decided that Kahlil could continue his struggle for freedom from a federal court.

His legal team said that “it will continue to work tirelessly until Mahmoud is free.”


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