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ABC 7 New York on MSNMahmoud Khalil case: Columbia University student still detained as lawyers fight to stop deportationDetained Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil will remain in federal immigration custody a while longer.
The Trump administration has sought to deport Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading the pro-Palestinian protests and sit-ins at the Ivy League institution.
Federal prosecutors quietly filed more charges against Mahmoud Khalil, in an attempt to seemingly circumvent the first amendment debate.
The U.S. government has alleged that Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in his visa application.
When President Donald Trump signed an order calling for the deportation of foreign students who participated in “pro-jihadist” protests, some supporters of the crackdown were already working to identify targets for expulsion.
Donald Trump’s administration is revoking student activists’ visas. Mahmoud Khalil, Ranjani Srinivasan, and Rumeysa Ozturk are among those detained.
A federal court in Newark will determine whether the United States can deport Mahmoud Khalil in what could be a landmark case on civil rights.
A documentary, produced by Macklemore, about the 2024 Columbia University protests debuts in New York despite narrator Mahmoud Khalil's detainment by ICE officials.