ICE denies Mahmoud Khalil contact with newborn: ACLU

Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student and Palestinian activist currently in federal custody at the Central Louisiana Immigration and Customs Enforcement Processing Center (CLIPC), is not allowed to hold his newborn son, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).

In a news release, the ACLU alleges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not allow Khalil to have physical contact with his family.

“The officials cite a blanket no-contact visitation policy at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center (CLIPC) and unspecified ‘security concerns’ relating to the presence of a mother and newborn baby in an unsecure part of the facility,” the release states.