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US Immigration Authorities Block Palestinian Activist from Attending Son's Birth
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Noor Abdalla, the wife of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, gave birth to a baby boy in New York without her husband being present. According to Noor, ICE rejected a request for Mahmoud's temporary release from a detention center in Louisiana, despite the couple's efforts to have him attend the birth.
I will continue to fight every day for Mahmoud to come home to us. I know when Mahmoud is freed, he will show our son how to be brave, thoughtful, and compassionate, just like his dad.
I welcomed our son into the world earlier today without Mahmoud by my side. Despite our request for ICE to allow Mahmoud to attend the birth, they denied his temporary release to meet our son. This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer.
We will not be silenced. We will persist, with even greater resolve, and we will pass that strength on to our children and our children's children – until Palestine is free.
ICE and the Trump administration have stolen these precious moments from our family in an attempt to silence Mahmoud's support for Palestinian freedom.
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