>>During the interview, an officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services told Mahdawi that he needed to “check” on some information and that he’d be right back, according to the court papers. Masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents then entered the room and shackled Mahdawi, the filing said.
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During Mahdawi's arrest he was separated from his immigration attorney and placed into a car, according to the filing, before the federal government tried to quickly transfer him to Louisiana – where Khalil is currently being held in an ICE detention center.<<
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