NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child’s birth in New York.
For a moment, the outspoken Palestinian activist found himself uncharacteristically speechless.
“I cannot describe the pain of that night,” Khalil said finally, gazing down as the baby, Deen, cooed in his arms. “This is something I will never forgive.”
Just because I’m curious, is the fact that this is a “risky gamble” concerning to you? Or that a lawsuit such as this is expected to be drawn out, likely putting a large deterrent on less affluent victims from seeking justice?
Both. If he loses, it can set precedent that would negatively impact others who wish to seek similar lawsuits, even if they have a stronger case.
Anyone wanting to go to court with the administration over deportation issues should expect it to be a drawn out and costly affair that has a considerable chance of failure. They want to set an example to discourage similar suits.
They way to actually win would be a class action and to settle in for years of judicial process, but you would have to have deep pockets funding that.