Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident of the US, who is being detained and targeted for deportation by the Department of Homeland Security for protesting Israel’s war on Gaza.

03.20.2025

Mahmoud Khalil

Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From an ICE Detention Center

Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration for speaking out about the atrocities in Gaza, dictated a letter to the public from his detention cell in Louisiana. Jacobin publishes the letter here in full.