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News Wrap: Attorney says Mahmoud Khalil’s case is ‘shocking and outrageous’

PBS News Hour - Segments

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🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, Mahmoud Khalil will remain detained in a Louisiana ICE facility following an initial court hearing in New York, a Kremlin spokesperson said Moscow is waiting for 'detailed information' on a ceasefire proposal from the U.S. and Ukraine and a pro-independence party is celebrating a surprise win in Greenland's parliamentary elections. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines in New York with the fate of Columbia University graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil.

0:07.0

The 30-year-old will remain detained in Louisiana at least until next week, following an initial court hearing in New York today.

0:15.0

Protesters gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse as a government lawyer asked a federal judge to move his case to either

0:21.6

New Jersey or Louisiana. Those are two places where Khalil has been held as the Trump administration

0:27.4

tries to deport him for his role in pro-Palestinian protests at the school but has yet to charge him

0:33.7

with any crime. Outside the court, Khalil's lawyer said what's happened to him is

0:38.4

shocking and outrageous. Every day that Mahmoud spends in detention in Louisiana as a day too long,

0:45.9

we and he fully intend to vindicate not just his First Amendment rights, but those of all Americans,

0:52.5

frankly, and all lawful permanent residents and anybody

0:54.6

who wants to speak out.

0:56.1

President Trump has vowed to deport those he describes as taking part in, quote,

1:00.6

pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity.

1:04.0

But a judge held up Khalil's deportation as the court considers a legal challenge from his lawyers.

1:10.5

Khalil is a legal permanent U.S. resident who is married to an American citizen.

1:15.6

Turning now to the war in Ukraine, a Kremlin spokesperson said today that Moscow is waiting for

1:20.9

detailed information on a ceasefire proposal before responding.

1:25.4

That plan for a 30-day pause in fighting is endorsed by both Ukraine and the U.S.

1:30.8

President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly ruled out a ceasefire, saying it gives Ukraine and its allies

1:37.1

time to regroup. On his way to a G7 summit, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that

1:42.9

U.S.-Russian talks continue and that a ceasefire

1:45.8

could happen within days if Russia agrees. We're going to say that Ukraine is prepared to stop

1:52.9

all battlefield activity and begin the immediate process of negotiating an enduring end of the war.

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