Mahmoud was taken from his apartment and separated from his wife as part of a broader strategy of repression. The forceful separation of families is inhuman and cruel. These tactics have long been used against Black and Brown communities to control and silence resistance.

Black Lives Matter condemns this blatant attack on free speech, student activism, and the right to protest. The government is trying to make an example out of Mahmoud to send a message: if you resist, if you organize, if you challenge state violence, they will come for you.

Add your name to fight back now. We need to free Mahmoud Khalil and everyone exercising their freedom of speech, abolish ICE, and fight back against these petty tyrants.