Anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil attended a rally in New York City on Sunday just days after he was released from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Louisiana.
The rally happened outside the Cathedral of St. John the Divine which is near Columbia University, NBC News reported on Monday.
Khalil, who is a graduate of Columbia, was arrested in March after leading radical protests on the campus, per Breitbart News. The article noted President Donald Trump had previously promised to deport foreign students fomenting anti-Semitic and anti-Israel protests on campuses.
While addressing the crowd, Khalil said, “Mahmoud Khalil is a human rights defender. Mahmoud Khalil is a freedom fighter. Mahmoud Khalil is a refugee. Mahmoud Khalil is a father and husband. And,
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