Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil have filed a motion to have ICE return him to New York, asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to protect Khalil from disruption of the underlying habeas corpus proceedings begun before ICE transferred him to Louisiana […] - ThreadSky

heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy • 14 days ago

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil have filed a motion to have ICE return him to New York, asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to protect Khalil from disruption of the underlying habeas corpus proceedings begun before ICE transferred him to Louisiana […]

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heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•14 days ago

The motion to compel Khalid’s return lays out the frighteningly Kafkaesque details of his original detention by ICE. Upon the arrival of DHS at his apartment building, Khalil did have a chance to contact his attorney, who quickly fired a habeas petition, challenging his detention, arrest, and […]

heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•14 days ago

The habeas petition was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, giving that court jurisdiction - authority - over Khalil’s situation. 3/

heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•14 days ago

Notwithstanding the filed habeas petition, ICE transferred Khalil from New York to Louisiana, without notifying his attorney or the court. 4/

SRDas.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy•14 days ago

@heidilifeldman This is kidnapping and transferring across state lines and a federal crime, no?

heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•14 days ago

ICE often transfers people it detains to facilities far from the original detention, claiming that there is no closeby facility available or to satisfy contracts with the private prison companies to whom outsources immigration detention facilities. This is highly objectionable in any situation […]

heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•14 days ago

The relocation to Louisiana makes it hard for Khalil to confer with his attorneys, interfering with his right counsel. It also makes it harder for the Southern District of New York to compel Khalil’s release, should the Southern District Court rule in Khalil’s favor on the habeas petition. 6/

heidilifeldman.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy•14 days ago

It certainly seems that moving Mahmoud Khalil from the New York metro area to Louisiana under these circumstances is a deliberate effort by the Trump DHS/ICE to impede pending judicial proceedings before the District Court for the Southern District of New York. 7/

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