Mahmoud Khalil, a student activist at Columbia University and lead negotiator in pro-Palestinian protests and campus occupations during the Gaza war, was taken from his Columbia residential apartment …

1 day ago · Lawyers for Khalil said they plan to keep fighting and will seek a waiver. A federal judge in New Jersey has temporarily barred his deportation.

Oct 21, 2025 · Mahmoud Khalil appeared in a federal appeals court in Philadelphia as he battles a deportation case linked to his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia University.

Khalil was one of the most visible activists in the protests last spring at Columbia, which also happened on other college campuses around the world. He served as a student negotiator — a role that had …

Mar 12, 2025 · Trump confirmed Khalil’s arrest in a Truth Social post Monday, calling the protester “a Radical Foreign Pro-Hamas Student” and saying his detainment was “the first arrest of many to come.”

Jun 21, 2025 · As a graduate student at Columbia, Khalil was among the leaders of students who protested Israel's war in Gaza in 2024. Khalil has since graduated.

Jun 21, 2025 · Khalil’s lawyers challenged the legality of his detention, arguing that the Trump administration was trying to deport him for an activity protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. …

Jun 21, 2025 · Khalil left the Louisiana detention center where he's been since March, when ICE agents arrested him over his pro-Palestinian activism. A federal judge ruled the government could no longer …

Khalil Wheeler-Weaver has been sentenced to 160 years in prison, with a minimum of 145 years before any possibility of parole, for the murders of three women and one additional attempted murder ...

Jun 20, 2025 · A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump Administration to release pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration detention center where he had been held for more than …