House Dems rally around Hamas sympathizer facing potential deportation: 'Free Mahmoud Khalil'

House Democratic lawmakers reacted to the detention of anti-Israel activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil amid outrage that he could potentially be deported.

"Free Mahmoud Khalil!" Rep. Deila Ramirez, D-Ill., said at a news conference on Capitol Hill on Tuesday alongside Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who has also been a vocal critic of the Trump administration’s decision to detain him.

"The idea that this government believes that they can target people because they dare to dissent...