Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist being held in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, are fighting to have the case heard in New Jersey.
It’s the first application cycle since pro-Palestinian protests swept the campus and the University found itself in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration.
The social studied assignment allegedly portrayed the Columbia University graduate student as a "terrorism supporter."
A documentary, produced by Macklemore, about the 2024 Columbia University protests debuts in New York despite narrator Mahmoud Khalil's detainment by ICE officials.
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia student facing deportation for pro-Palestinian activism, will be in New Jersey court today. Follow Newsweek's live blog.
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The Forward on MSNWhat Mahmoud Khalil says about Gaza and Israel in ‘The Encampments’ documentaryPro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil talks about Columbia University protests in The Encampments documentary.
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The families of Israeli hostages are suing Mahmoud Khalil and other Columbia University protest organizers for allegedly running Hamas' "propaganda arm" on campus.