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Judge rules #MahmoudKhalil can be deported

A #Louisiana #immigration judge ruled Fri that activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported.

Khalil, who as a #ColumbiaUniversity grad student led pro-#Palestinian protests last year, was detained last month after Secy of #State #MarcoRubio claimed he’d determined that Khalil's activism was *antisemitic* & allowing him to remain in the country would undermine #US #ForeignPolicy’s goal of combatting *antisemitism*

#law
npr.org/2025/04/11/nx-s1-53612

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#Trump Wants to Install Federal Oversight of #ColumbiaUniversity

In an unusual move, the govt is aiming to legally bind the school to changes as they negotiate over federal #funding.

The Trump admin is planning to pursue a legal arrangement that would put #Columbia into a #ConsentDecree, an extraordinary step that could significantly escalate the pressure on the school as it battles for federal funding.

#law #education #FreeSpeech #AntiIntellectualism #MafiaState
wsj.com/us-news/education/colu

#Trump admin lays out its *evidence* for deporting activist #MahmoudKhalil

s3.documentcloud.org/documents

When pressed for evidence about why activist Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by #immigration authorities last month, #DHS shared a 2-pg letter from Secy of #State #MarcoRubio that accuses the #ColumbiaUniversity grad student of participating in "antisemitic protests & disruptive activities."

A new documentary, "The Encampments," takes viewers inside the protests across college campuses and public spaces. It features interviews with Mahmoud Khalil, now in a Louisiana detention center after being taken into custody by ICE, award-winning journalist Bisan Owda, and Grant Miner, who was expelled from Columbia University because of his participation in the occupation of a campus building. In its first limited-release weekend, it became the most-seen documentary in theaters. @TeenVogue spoke to co-director Kei Pritsker and student organizer Sueda Polat about why they made the film.

flip.it/A1l2aS

Teen Vogue · The Encampments Goes From Columbia Protests to Gaza, Including Interviews With Mahmoud Khalil, Bisan Owda, and StudentsBy Lex McMenamin
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Update. "NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University"
science.org/content/article/ni

"Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered the U.S. National Institutes of Health to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to #ColumbiaUniversity, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice…#NIH will not only block new funding for the university, but also stop paying investigators working on all existing NIH projects."

#Academia #DefendResearch #Funding #Medicine #Trump #USPol #USPolitics
@academicchatter

Detained Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil appears at court hearing in Louisiana
The judge ruled that the #TrumpRegime has to file all of its evidence against Khalil, by Friday. She plans to make her decision on whether Khalil can be deported on Friday.
#FreeMahmoufKhalil #FreeSpeech #columbiauniversity #FreePalestine #HumanRightsViolations wwno.org/law/2025-04-08/detain

FILE - Student negotiator Mahmoud Khalil is on the Columbia University campus in New York at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment on April 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)
WWNO · Detained Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil appears at court hearing in LouisianaBy Garrett Hazelwood

Judge gives Trump administration deadline to justify Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation

Jamee Comans said if evidence does not support deportation, she may rule for #Columbia graduate’s release

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Delaney Nolan in Jena, Louisiana
Tue 8 Apr 2025 17.04 EDT

"An #immigration judge ruled on Tuesday that the #Trump administration has until 5pm on Wednesday to present evidence as to why #MahmoudKhalil, the #Palestinian activist and #ColumbiaUniversity graduate, should be deported. She said that if the evidence does not support deportation, she may rule on Friday on his release from immigration detention."

theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

#DefendAcademicFreedom
#ReleaseMahmoudKhalil
#repression
#DefendFreeSpeech
#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USA #US #USPolitics
#news #press @palestine

The Guardian · Judge gives Trump administration deadline to justify Mahmoud Khalil’s deportationBy Delaney Nolan

This op-ed was dictated by Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24. Spectator verified this with his Attorney Amy Greer and conducted its regular editing process. Khalil is currently detained at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.

A Letter to Columbia - by Mahmoud Khalil

"To Columbia—an institution that laid the groundwork for my abduction—and to its student body, who must not abdicate their responsibility to resist repression, [...]"

columbiaspectator.com/opinion/

Columbia Daily SpectatorA Letter to Columbia<i>Editor's Note: This op-ed was dictated by Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA </i>’24<i>. Spectator verified this with his Attorney Amy Greer and conducted its regular editing process. Khalil is currently detained at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center.</i>