Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student detained by federal agents last weekend, have released footage his pregnant wife filmed of his arrest. The 2-minute video showed plainclothes officers in the lobby of an apartment building belonging to the university, along with Khalil, who they placed in handcuffs.

We must treat attacks on our communities as an effort to silence every voice of dissent, because those are the stakes.

Trying to deport Khalil for demonstrating against Israel is an obvious violation of his rights and an attempt to intimidate others, they say.

Some protesters held signs that read "Fight Nazis not students," "Free Mahmoud free Palestine" and "You can’t deport a movement."

I was a student at Columbia University, where I covered tense campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war for the college newspaper and for POLITICO. So I’m familiar with Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia student who I’ve chatted with in the past and appears to be the first target of the Trump administration’s effort to crack down on student protesters.

Noor Abdalla, wife of detained Palestinian Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, says she thought her husband didn't have to worry about ICE.

Attorneys for Mahmoud Khalil shared video of his arrest inside his university-owned residence. The clip shows immigration agents confronting Khalil in the lobby, informing him that he is “going to be under arrest" and ordering him to "stop resisting.