Susan Sarandon supports detained Columbia graduate at court

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Susan Sarandon supported Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate detained by ICE for his pro-Palestinian activism, during a court hearing in Manhattan. She criticized his attempted deportation as an attack on free speech. Khalil was arrested at his apartment despite being a legal permanent resident. He was transferred to a detention center in Louisiana without being charged with a crime. President Trump labeled Khalil's arrest as the first of many against pro-Palestinian activists. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated that the case is not about free speech but about immigration status.


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