Judge Blocks Deportation Of Columbia U Activist

CNN reports:

A federal judge in New York has blocked any efforts by President Donald Trump’s administration to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia university graduate and Palestinian activist who was arrested Saturday night until a hearing Wednesday, according to court documents.

He is expected to appear in court on Wednesday morning, according to the documents. Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested Saturday night by federal immigration authorities who said they were acting on a State Department order to revoke his green card, according to his attorney.

Khalil’s arrest is the latest escalation by President Donald Trump – in what he calls, “the first arrest of many to come,”– to crack down on pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses, and comes days after he vowed to deport foreign students and imprison “agitators” involved in “illegal protests.”

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