US EditionFormer Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil will remain in ICE detention in Louisiana after first court hearing
- Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate, is in ICE detention in Louisiana after his arrest by federal authorities on March 15, 2025, for allegedly helping organize an antisemitic protest last year.
- U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman has temporarily blocked Khalil's deportation and requested a joint letter from the Justice Department and Khalil's attorneys outlining further arguments in the case.
- The Trump administration aims to revoke Khalil's green card under executive orders related to antisemitism, although he has not been charged with a crime.
- Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Waterman argued that New York is not the proper venue for the case, suggesting it should be moved to either Louisiana or New Jersey.
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DHS agents search Columbia dorm rooms after Khalil arrest
Department of Homeland Security agents searched two dorm rooms at Columbia University Thursday night, the school said, a move that comes less than a week after the federal arrest of former grad student Mahmoud Khalil. “I am writing heartbroken to inform you that we had federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in two University residences tonight,” interim Columbia President Katrina Armstrong said in a statement to the school…
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DHS agents search two Columbia University residences – days after anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil arrested by ICE at off-campus apartment
Department of Homeland Security agents executed search warrants on two Columbia University residences on Thursday night — just days after
Trump warned that Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest represents the “first arrest of many” related to the protests
New Orleans tells Trump: “We are going to raise hell in this city until Mahmoud Khalil is free!”
New Orleans, LA – On Tuesday, March 11, the local Palestine solidarity movement sprang into action to demand the release of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a Syrian-born Palestinian illegally detained by ICE last week for his role in the Palestine-solidarity encampment at Columbia University. Although Khalil is a resident of New York, he was transported to a detention facility four hours away from the city of New Orleans, Jena, Louisiana for ho…
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