US EditionTrump lawyers try to shift Palestinian activist's case to Louisiana
- US government lawyers pushed on Friday to move the deportation case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian protest leader, to a Louisiana court.
- This action follows a period where the Trump administration targeted foreign students at Columbia, allegedly due to anti-Semitism on campus, and sought to slash $400 million in federal funding and grants.
- Columbia University announced a package of measures, including requiring protesters to identify themselves even when masked and expanding the security team by 36 officers, in an attempt to placate Trump's criticisms.
- During a New Jersey hearing, government lawyer August Flentje argued, "for jurisdictional certainty, the case belongs in Louisiana," while Khalil's lawyer, Baher Azmy, accused the government of seeking to bolster its "retaliation" by moving the case to a more conservative bench with a history of supporting Trump's policies.
- The government's actions, which include ordering Khalil's deportation and cancelling his resident permit based on allegations of undermining US foreign policy without accusing him of any crime, have sparked outrage from Trump opponents, free speech advocates, and even some on the political right, with students at Columbia describing a pervasive "feeling of fear and paranoia.
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Trump lawyers try to shift Mahmoud Khalil’s case to Louisiana
US government lawyers pushed Friday for the case of a pro-Palestinian protest leader slated for deportation to be moved to a Louisiana court thought to be sympathetic to President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown. Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil - a prominent face of the protest movement that erupted in response to Israel's war on Gaza - was arrested and taken to Louisiana earlier this month, sparking protests. S…
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Trump lawyers try to shift Palestinian activist's case to Louisiana
US government lawyers pushed Friday for the case of a pro-Palestinian protest leader slated for deportation to be moved to a Louisiana court thought to be sympathetic to President Donald Trump's hardline immigration crackdown.Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil -- a prominent face of the protest movement that erupted in response to Israel's war in Gaza -- was arrested and taken to Louisiana earlier this month, sparking protests. …
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