Mahmoud Khalil, an detained protester against Israel, previously worked for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees while pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University. His career included a senior role in the UK office for Syria in Lebanon, which required extensive background checks. Khalil's recent arrest by ICE agents has raised concerns and prompted protests, as he faces deportation amid heightened scrutiny of his past, including a scholarship program aimed at inspiring foreign students. Public backlash highlights his symbolic status in the ongoing debate over anti-Israel protests on college campuses.
He was involved... with a British government program, known as the Syria Chevening Program, which dishes out fully-funded scholarships to foreign students who 'show potential to inspire'.
The role would have required a thorough background check and 'rigorous security clearance,' Andrew Waller, one of Khalil's former co-workers there, told The Guardian.
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