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John,

Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil
missed the birth of his child this week as he remains stuck in an ICE
detention center just for participating in peaceful protests.

The Trump administration denied Mahmoud’s request for temporary release to
attend his son’s birth and be by his wife’s side during this
once-in-a-lifetime moment. The cruelty is the point.

[ [link removed] ]Headline from NBC News reading "Wife of detained Columbia student
Mahmoud Khalil announces birth of son in his absence". Subhead reads "Dr.
Noor Abdalla said she welcomed the couple's son Monday without his father,
despite a request for ICE to allow him to attend the birth." Below the
header and subhead, there is a picture of Noor Abdalla, 28, in New York
City on March 12. She is pregnant and wearing a green headscarf, a black
sweater, and a large black shawl.

Meanwhile, Justice Democrats Rep. Ayanna Pressley joined a cohort of
Congressmembers in visiting Mahmoud and Rumeysa Ozturk at the Louisiana
ICE detention center where the two activists have been locked for over a
month.

[ [link removed] ]An Instagram post from Ayanna Pressley (@repayannapressley) reading "I
traveled to Louisiana with @SenMarkeyMemes & @RepMcGovern to visit the ICE
facilities Mahmoud Khalil & my constituent Rumeysa Ozturk are being
unlawfully held in harrowing conditions. To Rumeysa, Mahmoud, and everyone
who has been harmed by this lawless White House: we see you and we won't
stop fighting for you. To Donald Trump: your abuses of power and attacks
on our constitutional rights will NOT go unchecked." The text is
accompanied by a picture of the three congresspeople outside the facility
looking concerned. Markey is on the right wearing a blue blazer and a
white shirt, Pressley is center wearing a blue denim jacket with a white
shirt and a brown hat. McGovern is on the left wearing a dark blue blazer
with a black polo underneath.

We need more courageous leaders like Ayanna willing to speak out and stand
up for all of our basic rights to freedom of speech and due process. Far
too many members of Congress remain silent in the face of this
authoritarian administration.

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