Khalil was arrested after Marco Rubio invoked a rarely used statute that allows him, as Secretary of State, to personally deport people he determines threaten U.S. foreign policy goals.

A federal judge on Friday determined that Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist from Columbia University, will remain in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention after the federal ...

A federal judge presiding over Mahmoud Khalil’s case ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can continue to detain the Columbia University activist.

Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident who was the first target of President Donald Trump's crusade against foreign students he calls "terrorist sympathizers," could soon be released from ...

The Trump administration, blocked by a judge from detaining Mahmoud Khalil on one set of legal grounds, has officially shifted to another as it fights to hold him in federal custody.

A federal judge has ruled that the government cannot deport and must release Mahmoud Khalil, the student whom the Trump administration jailed over his participation in pro-Palestinian ...

Lesli Colin Johnsen, right, hugs Beth Blacker before a community vigil at the Boulder Jewish Community Center, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (Andy Cross/The Denver Post via AP, Pool) ...

The Trump administration’s McCarthyite deportation drive hit another roadblock on May 28. US district judge Michael E. Farbiarz found that a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act, granting ...

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that Mahmoud Khalil, a student activist whom the government is seeking to deport, was likely to prevail in his argument that his detention was unconstitutional.

Earlier this month, Khalil faced an immigration hearing, where Khalil’s lawyers pushed for his deportation order to be dismissed. Since his March 8 arrest, Khalil has been in ICE custody for 82 ...

Detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has been allowed to hold his 1-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to keep the father ...