He should be set free. He should be at home with his wife Noor and their young child. And the fact that he is still in Louisiana is an abomination. It’s an attack on our First Amendment. And it is clear, another example of Donald Trump weaponizing the very real issue of antisemitism to then throw Palestinian New Yorkers into detention facilities and not even tell us what the crime is that they’re charge with.
Mamdani criticizes Khalil's detention as an attack on First Amendment rights.
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