Wife of detained Palestinian Columbia student says she was naive to believe he was safe from arrest
The US government has said it has begun proceedings to deport Mahmoud Khalil and is defending his detention in the court proceedings until then.
Noor Abdalla, 28, wife of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil who was detained by ICE, stands for a portrait after an interview with Reuters in New York City, US, March 12, 2025.(photo credit: CAITLIN OCHS/REUTERS)Updated: 
