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'Slippery slope towards authoritarian-like rule': Mahmoud Khalil's lawyer responds to Marco Rubio's memo

A Louisiana immigration judge is set to decide Friday whether to release Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil one month after he was arrested by federal agents following a deportation order from the Trump administration. CNN's Christina Macfarlane spoke with Khalil's attorney, Ramzi Kassem.

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