Mahmoud Khalil’s case to remain in New Jersey
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Protests are planned outside the courthouse in support of Khalil, one of a growing number of legal residents in the U.S. who are being targeted for deportation over pro-Palestinian speech or activity...
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The ruling does not guarantee that Khalil will be moved out of a detention facility in Louisiana, where he is being held as the government seeks his deportation for his role in campus protests agains...
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Because Mahmoud Khalil filed a petition to be released from detention in New Jersey, his case should be heard here, the judge ruled.
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.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials on Wednesday announced the arrest of a Chinese national accused of "illegally acting as an agent...".
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil may continue to challenge the legality of his arrest by immigration authorities in New Jersey, rather than in Louisiana where he is being held, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said transferred Mahmoud Khalil's case to New Jersey, citing a requirement that the habeas corpus petition be heard in the district where he was physically located when the application was filed.