Judge Blocks Deportation of Palestinian Activist at Columbia
Protestors gather in protest of the detention of Palestinian student activist and Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New York, on March 10, 2025.
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A US judge temporarily blocked the deportation of a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University who was arrested over the weekend after he led anti-Israel protests at the Ivy League campus.
Mahmoud Khalil is challenging his arrest in federal court, arguing it was an unlawful government retaliation for his “constitutionally protected peaceful advocacy,” according to filings by his attorneys in New York federal court.