Mahmoud Khalil's wife gives birth while he remains in ICE custody in Louisiana

Dr. Noor Abdalla, the wife of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and Palestinian activist being held in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, gave birth to their first child Monday. 

Abdalla says Khalil was denied temporary release from a detention center in Louisiana to attend the birth.

In a statement Monday, she said she "welcomed our son into the world earlier today without Mahmoud by my side."