‘Are US citizens going to be next?’: Judge gives US govt one day to present evidence in Columbia student Khalil’s pro-Palestinian deportation case

‘Are US citizens going to be next?’: Judge gives US govt one day to present evidence in Columbia student Khalil’s pro-Palestinian deportation case

US given one day to show evidence for deporting Columbia University protester Khalil Khalil’s case tests Trump’s efforts to deport student activists Immigration judge to decide on Friday whether Khalil can be deported Khalil’s lawyers argue he has been targeted for his pro-Palestinian speech JENA (United States), April 9 — An immigration judge yesterday gave the US government a day to show evidence that Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil…

US Given One Day To Show Evidence For Deporting Columbia Student

An immigration judge on Tuesday gave the U.S. government a day to show evidence that Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil should be deported and said she would rule on the case on Friday, a month after his arrest in New York and transfer to a rural Louisiana jail 1,200 miles (1,931.21 km) away. "If he's not removable, I'm going to be terminating this case on Friday," Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee Comans said during a hearing at t…