据律师艾米·格里尔(Amy Greer)在给美国广播公司新闻(ABC News)的一份声明中称，移民和海关执法人员周六晚上逮捕了巴勒斯坦活动家马哈茂德·哈利勒(Mahmoud Khalil)，称他的学生签证已被吊销。
然而，格里尔周日表示，哈利勒是持绿卡而非学生签证在美国。
她说，尽管告知了特工他的合法身份，ICE还是拘留了他。
她的律师事务所的一名代表告诉ABC新闻，在与代理人的电话通话中，他们一度挂断了格里尔的电话。
她说，格里尔对他的被捕提出质疑，并且一直无法确定他被关押在哪里。
“昨晚，我们代表马哈茂德提交了一份人身保护令申请，质疑他的逮捕和拘留的有效性，”她说。"目前我们不知道马哈茂德的确切下落."
格里尔说，哈利勒的妻子是美国公民，已有八个月身孕，但她在新泽西州伊丽莎白的一家ICE工厂找不到他，据称他是在那里被转移的，并补充说他可能被转移到了路易斯安那州。
她说:“移民局逮捕和拘留马哈茂德之前，美国政府公开镇压学生活动和政治言论，特别是针对哥伦比亚大学批评以色列袭击加沙的学生。”“美国政府已经明确表示，他们将利用移民执法作为压制这种言论的工具。”
据称的逮捕发生在唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)总统在社交媒体上威胁要撤销允许“非法抗议”的大学，并声称“煽动者”将被遣返回自己的国家。
“任何允许非法抗议的学院、学校或大学的所有联邦资金都将停止。煽动者将被监禁/或永久遣送回他们来自的国家。美国学生将被永久驱逐出境，或者根据罪行被逮捕。不戴面具!感谢您对此事的关注，”特朗普3月4日在Truth Social上发帖称。
哥伦比亚大学周日发布了以下声明:“有报告称校园周围结冰。哥伦比亚已经并将继续遵守法律。与我们长期以来的做法以及全国各城市和机构的做法一致，执法人员必须持有司法授权才能进入非公立大学区域，包括大学建筑。”
“哥伦比亚大学承诺遵守所有法律义务，支持我们的学生团体和校园社区，”声明继续说道。
ICE arrests Palestinian activist with green card at Columbia University: Attorney
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil -- a leader in Columbia University's encampment movement -- on Saturday night, claiming that his student visa had been revoked, according to attorney Amy Greer in a statement to ABC News.
However, Khalil is in the United States on a green card and not on a student visa, Greer said Sunday.
Despite informing agents about his legal status, ICE detained him, she said.
At one point during a phone call with agents, they hung up on Greer, a representative of her law firm told ABC News.
Greer is challenging his arrest and has been unable to locate where he is being held, she said.
"Overnight we filed a habeas corpus petition on Mahmoud's behalf challenging the validity of his arrest and detention," she said. "Currently we do not know Mahmoud's precise whereabouts."
Khalil's wife, who is eight months pregnant and a U.S. citizen, was unable to find him at an ICE facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he was purportedly transferred, Greer said -- adding that he might have been transferred to Louisiana.
"ICE's arrest and detention of Mahmoud follows the U.S. government's open repression of student activism and political speech, specifically targeting students at Columbia University for criticism of Israel's assault on Gaza," she said. "The U.S. government has made clear that they will use immigration enforcement as a tool to suppress that speech."
The alleged arrest occurred just days after President Donald Trump took to social media threatening to defund universities that allowed "illegal protests" and claiming "agitators" will be sent back to their home countries.
"All Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests. Agitators will be imprisoned/or permanently sent back to the country from which they came. American students will be permanently expelled or, depending on on the crime, arrested. NO MASKS! Thank you for your attention to this matter," Trump posted on Truth Social on March 4.
Columbia released the following statement on Sunday: "There have been reports of ICE around campus. Columbia has and will continue to follow the law. Consistent with our longstanding practice and the practice of cities and institutions throughout the country, law enforcement must have a judicial warrant to enter non-public University areas, including University buildings."
"Columbia is committed to complying with all legal obligations and supporting our student body and campus community," the statement continued.
