John,
ICE agents stormed the home of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student and activist, and detained him. With no legal justification, they revoked his green card on the spot and threatened his pregnant wife with arrest.
Now, Khalil is being held over a thousand miles from his family and legal representation, a clear attempt to isolate and silence him.
His crime? Advocating for students' rights at Columbia University. For negotiating peacefully with administrators on behalf of pro-Palestinian students. For daring to speak up.
This is political persecution, plain and simple. ICE is being weaponized to intimidate activists, silence dissent, and punish those who stand for Palestinian rights. If we don’t act now, Khalil will not be the last. More students will be targeted. More activists will disappear into the system. We cannot let that happen.
Congress must step in immediately. Lawmakers must demand Mahmoud Khalil’s release, investigate ICE’s abuse of power, and stop Trump’s political persecution of Palestinian activists.
The Trump administration’s authoritarian crackdown is escalating, and ICE has become an unchecked tool of political retaliation. We’ve seen this playbook before: targeting immigrants, criminalizing protest, and using government agencies to crush opposition.
But we have the power to fight back. When enough of us speak out, we force Congress to act. When we mobilize, we stop these abuses before they spread even further. Right now, Khalil is sitting in a detention facility, stripped of his rights, facing an uncertain future—all because he spoke out.
We must demand his immediate release and push Congress to rein in ICE’s overreach. Political persecution has no place in America. We won’t stand by while Trump’s ICE tears families apart and silences dissent.
Send a message to Congress now: Free Mahmoud Khalil and stop ICE’s political persecution.
Together, we will not let this stand.
- DFA AF Team
