Arrested Mahmud Khalil
The Green Card Holder and former Columbia University student join the Palestinian campus in 2024, raising questions about the rights of permanent residents in the United States.
Immigration and Customs enforcement agents Khalil arrested
On March 8, an American citizen married an American citizen in New York. They are currently being held in Louisiana.
Khalil has not been accused of any crime. The Trump administration says it can deport them on the basis of foreign policy.
Here’s what to know about the rights of Green Card holders:
What is the Green Card?
Green card, or permanent residential card, allows non -citizens to live and work in the United States. Individuals can be eligible for green cards through families, employment, refugee status and other reasons.
Most green cards have been suitable for 10 years and then need to be renewed, just as US citizens need to renew their passports, David Leopold, an immigration law expert and partner in the UB Greens Fielder, said.
He said, “The card expires, but the residence does not expire,” he said, adding that if no card “was renewed, it would have to maintain registration, but the status itself never ends that the person is in accordance with the law.”
How can a green card be canceled?
There are many reasons why an individual can lose his green card and be deported.
“Any green card holder can be subject to deportation in terms of situation,” said Leopold.
Most cases are found because the green card holder commits a crime, which includes violent crime, marriage fraud, substance abuse and other crimes. Leopold said that if they are sentenced, usually when they complete their sentence in the United States, they will face the removal of removal, which includes going to the immigration judge.
A man may also lose his permanent residence due to an “immigration fraud in immigration process”, said Elora Mukherjee, a professor at Colombia’s Law School and University Rights Clinic, said Elora Mukherjee, a director of the Rights Clinic of the University.
Mukherjee said that people whose green cards are being canceled are usually given notice of appearing before the immigration judge.
“They either have the opportunity to compete why they should be allowed to maintain their status or be acknowledged that their position can be taken,” he said. “Halal permanent residents cannot be removed from their status in the United States without any action.”
The crime can affect the judge’s decision. In cases of violent crime, “deportation becomes almost automatic,” Leopold said. In some cases, a person can ask a judge to cancel his deportation. He explained that the judge would have to decide whether the person’s punishment is much higher than other reservations, such as social relations, family relations or his work in the United States, but he added, “This does not apply to every issue.”
Sorted by procedure for how the Green Card Holder status can be canceled Immigration and Nationality ActMukherjee said.
Under this Act, holders of green cards do not need to commit any crime for deportation; Told the Associated Press. For example, if there are reasonable grounds to believe that they are engaged in terrorist activities, or are likely to engage in them, they can be deported.
Another reason the green card holder may lose his status is if they leave the United States for a long time.
“Usually if they live out of the United States for more than a year,” said Leopold, said Leopold.
Green Card vs Citizenship
Green card holder is not a citizen. To become A Natural citizenThey will need to apply and meet different needs.
Do Green Card holders have the same rights as American citizens?
Everyone in the United States is protected by the US constitution. This includes green card holders, visa holders and non -documentary immigrants.
But unlike citizens, the green card holders are suffering from removal of their status in the United States.
What is the Immigration and Nationality Act?
The Immigration and Nationality Act is a combination of the provisions of the immigration law implemented in 1952.
The Act contains numerous exile foundations, including a clause that states that “a non -citizen” whose presence or activities in the United States has a proper basis to believe that foreign policy will have serious serious consequences for the United States. “
An official document obtained by CBS News shows that the Trump administration is using Khalil’s arrest.
White House press secretary Crown Levyt on March 11 alleged that Khalil had distributed “supporters” flights. Hamas, a US -designated terrorist group that has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, is responsible for the attack on the deadly Israel on October 7, 2023, which invaded Israel. War in Gaza
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Khalil’s lawyer, Amy Greer, said in a statement that his detention was illegal.
“In violation of the first amendment, they were selected as an example to completely stop the lawful disagreement,” he said.
Assistant Professor at Kentucky University’s J. David Rosenburg College of Law, Matthew Boz wrote in A Lifer article Also through the Foreign Secretary Marco Rubio, “no one can be taken away from his residence simply.”
“The cases go before the federal immigration judge working for the Justice Department,” said Leopold, so it is not an independent judiciary. “
Leopold explained, “The law requires that the government present its evidence through clear and convincing evidence,” which is the highest standard in urban law, but not as much as it is beyond any reasonable doubt, which is required in criminal cases.
Leopold said that by calling it a “Cold War Westage”, the administration is commonly used by the administration to provide special supplies to foreign policy.
Where is Mahmud Khalil being kept?
Khalil was arrested in New York by federal immigration authorities. His lawyers said he was first brought to a New Jersey detention center and then reached another site in Jinna, Louisiana.
“Louisiana has a number of snow detention facilities and is quite common for non -citizens who are facing action to remove places like Louisiana due to a detained space in the state,” a legal analyst and trial lawyer, Robin Noon, on March 11, on March 11.
Khalil’s lawyers are trying to turn his transfer to Louisiana, calling it “clearly wrong”.
Coopered in this report.
