Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose role in campus protests against Israel led to his detention in immigration jail, ...

Mahmoud Khalil has sued the Trump administration for $20 million after spending months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

Mahmoud Khalil and his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, spoke to MSNBC about the effect the Palestinian activist's ICE detainment has had on their family.

Noor Abdalla: He grew up in a Palestinian refugee camp. He ended up being, I guess you can say, kind of a double refugee at that point. He was a Palestinian refugee in Syria and then when things ...

NOOR ABDALLA: We were both like, what is happening? You know. And he says, I'm with the police. You have to come with us. I think at that point, like, honestly, like, my heart sank.

Mahmoud Khalil and his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla, spoke to MSNBC about the effect the Palestinian activist's ICE detainment has had on their family.

In her first broadcast interview, Noor Abdalla speaks about the arrest and attempted deportation of her husband, Columbia University protestor Mahmoud Khalil.

On March 8, Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student, was detained by federal agents. His wife, Noor Abdalla, witnessed the arrest.

Noor Abdalla was with her husband when he was detained last weekend. FADEL: That's right, she was. And she said, they were coming home from dinner, ...

Noor Abdalla was with her husband when he was detained last weekend. FADEL: That's right, she was. And she said, they were coming home from dinner, ...