# Call for release of Mahmoud Khalil by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents (ICE) and for investigation into circumstances surrounding his detention

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- Record number: **R2025-0015954**
- Type: Resolution; category: Committee/Public Hearings
- Status: In Committee (Referred)
- Sponsor: [Byron Sigcho-López](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/25) (25th Ward)
- Co-sponsors (3): [Maria E. Hadden](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/49) (49th Ward), [Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/48) (48th Ward), [Andre Vasquez Jr.](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/ward/40) (40th Ward)
- Committee: [Committee on Committees and Rules](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/committee/committees-and-rules)
- Submitted Date: Mar 10, 2025
- Introduction Date: Mar 12, 2025
- Official record: [Office of the City Clerk](https://chicityclerkelms.chicago.gov/Matter/?matterId=FE9872C6-D0FD-EF11-9340-001DD804A238)

## Timeline

- Mar 12, 2025: Referred, City Council. Two committees having been called, the Committee on Health and Human Relations and the Committee on Public Safety, the matter was Referred to the Committee on Committees and Rules (Pursuant to Council Rule 42).

## Documents

- [25W - Mahmoud Khalil RESOLUTION.pdf](https://www.chicagopolitics.org/files/clerk/matterattachmentspublic/b156b48e-94f5-46ba-8bdc-c5b70211cc96.pdf) (Legislation)

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