Mahmoud Khalil describes conditions at ICE detention facility
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Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil joins CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to discuss and shares details about his time at a Louisiana ICE detention center, where he spent more than three months after he was arrested outside his apartment on Columbia University’s campus.
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- Khalil says detainees lose their rights upon entering ICE facilities.
- He describes the food as nearly inedible, leading him to switch to vegetarian meals. 9s
- Khalil reports cold conditions and ignored requests for more blankets. 28s
- He missed the birth of his first child while detained, calling it the most difficult moment of his life. 37s
- Repeated requests to attend the birth were denied, causing lasting frustration. 1m 8s