Federal judge rules case of Mahmoud Khalil
Digest more
Top News
Impacts
USA TODAY |
Khalil is suing the federal government, arguing that it violated his constitutional rights, including free speech and due process, when it detained and attempted to deport him.
NJ.com |
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...
Read more on News Digest
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.
New York Judge Jesse Furman had transferred the case to New Jersey, but a fight has ensued over which court has jurisdiction. Khalil, currently held in Louisiana, was snatched by ICE agents on March 8 and initially held in New Jersey.