"We literally have not been able to confer with our client once since he was taken off the streets of New York City," he said.
"He was taken by U.S. government agents in retaliation, essentially, for exercising his First Amendment rights, for speaking up in defense of Palestinians in Gaza and beyond, for being critical of the U.S. government and of the Israeli government."
Khalil. 30, is married to an American citizen who is eight months pregnant. The administration has not officially charged Khalil with a crime, but he has been accused of distributing pro-Hamas literature on the Columbia campus.