Mahmoud Khalil’s Release Is a Victory. But the System That Took Him Still Stands.

Celebrate his release, but remember, there are many more like him.

Mahmoud Khalil walked out of ICE detention after 104 days. It was a moment of joy, of relief, of resistance. He raised his fist. He hugged his family. He saw his newborn son for the first time. It was, in every sense, a victory.

But it was also a warning.

Because the system that put Khalil behind bars hasn’t gone anywhere. The same immigration bureaucracy…