Noor Abdallah
Appearances
Up First from NPR
Democrat In-Fighting; Conservative Media on Trump; Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Speaks
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. Like, I want to say Mahmoud tried to prepare me. Like, two days before, he told me, like, do you know your rights if ICE comes to your door? And I, like, brushed it off. I was like, what are you saying?
Up First from NPR
Democrat In-Fighting; Conservative Media on Trump; Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Speaks
Like, that's not going to happen, you know? But he was like, no, like, you need to know.
Up First from NPR
Democrat In-Fighting; Conservative Media on Trump; Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Speaks
And so Mahmoud is trying to ask the officer. Well, first he asked him, like, who are you with? He said Department of Homeland Security. And then he asked him, can I see a warrant? The officer said he has one. He's like, it's on my phone, but never really showed it to us. And then Mahmoud was holding the keys that he had just used to open our apartment.
Up First from NPR
Democrat In-Fighting; Conservative Media on Trump; Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Speaks
And the officer was like, give the keys to your wife, basically. And I turned to the officer. I was like, I'm not leaving him. And the officer goes, I'll arrest you, too.
Up First from NPR
Democrat In-Fighting; Conservative Media on Trump; Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Speaks
I just want to be clear that the smears against Mahmoud are exactly that. They're smears. He has and always will stand up for what's right. And the way that he was taken from his family was not right.
Up First from NPR
Democrat In-Fighting; Conservative Media on Trump; Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Speaks
I love this apartment, and I love the place that we live. But I think, unfortunately, they kind of, they took away that sense of security and that sense of safety, at least for me.