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Columbia University’s acting president booed when noting absence of activist Mahmoud Khalil in commencement speech
The Columbia graduate student was supposed to attend the graduation celebration. Instead, he is in immigration detention, ...
Mahmoud Khalil’s detention for alleged threat to US foreign policy is likely ‘unconstitutionally vague,’ federal judge says
The Trump administration’s use of an obscure portion of immigration law to detain and attempt to deport pro-Palestinian ...
Columbia University prez defends ex-student Mahmoud Khalil in commencement, sparking graduates’ anger
Acting Columbia University President Claire Shipman on Wednesday bizarrely chose to stoke the flames by acknowledging ...
ICE won’t let Mahmoud Khalil hold newborn as Columbia activist remains detained on day of commencement ceremony
Khalil’s representatives said that ICE’s refusal stood in contrast to the agency’s directives encouraging contact visits and ...
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At Columbia’s commencement, Mahmoud Khalil and free speech loom large
Mohsen Mahdawi, another pro-Palestinian student who had been detained, walked across the stage to a standing ovation from the ...
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‘No Basis in Fact or Law’: Doubts Greet Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Asylum Claim That Israel Will Come After Him If He’s Deported
Khalil’s argument is ‘so frivolous’ and ‘unprofessional’ that his lawyers ‘should be subject to discipline,’ one legal ...
Government's crackdown on Mahmoud Khalil's pro-Palestinian free speech threatens First Amendment protections
Free speech is one of the foundations of our freedom, but that's in jeopardy. Jailing students for political views endangers ...