Palestinian activist detained as US fights to deport him, lawyers push back

Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student, is detained as the US government attempts to deport him over his involvement in campus demonstrations. A judge has ruled that Khalil must be allowed to speak privately with his lawyers via phone while they fight his deportation in court. Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey reports from New York. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #MahmoudKhalil #USDeportation #StudentProtests #ColumbiaUniversity #PalestinianActivist #FreeSpeech #LegalRights #DeportationCase #CampusProtests #USImmigration #HumanRights #AlJazeeraEnglish