Palestinian Columbia Activist Mahmoud Khalil Holds His Baby for First Time After Judge Intervenes

New York (Quds News Network)- Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian Columbia University graduate and anti-genocide activist, held his newborn son for the first time on Thursday. This emotional meeting came after a federal judge blocked US immigration authorities from keeping the father and infant separated by a plastic divider.

Khalil has been detained since March 8 at a jail in Jena, Louisiana. He is one of the first to be arrested under President Donald Trump’s crackdown on…