Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, who has been detained since his arrest in March, took the stand Thursday during a hearing on his immigration status.

The detained Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student has been in a Louisiana jail since March 8.

In this latest hearing, expert witnesses took the stand — making the case that deporting Khalil to Syria or Algeria would put him and his family in grave danger.

Federal authorities have not accused Khalil of a crime, but they have sought to deport him for his role in leading the Columbia protests against the war in Gaza.

Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist arrested by U.S. immigration agents in March, met ...

An immigration judge in Louisiana on Thursday declined a request to end deportation proceedings against detained Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, detained in Louisiana, held his one-month-old son for the first time after a federal judge blocked a barrier during visitation. Khalil, a Columbia University ...

A federal judge ruled that detained Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil must be allowed to see his wife amidst ongoing deportation proceedings linked to his activism. His wife, Noor Abdalla, ...

Immigration agents did not have a warrant when they detained Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil in March, the Trump Administration conceded in new filings in immigration and federal court ...

After reuniting with his family on May 14, 2025 following a federal order that he be released from unlawful immigration detention ...