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A Palestinian Activist Expecting a US Citizenship Interview Is Arrested Instead by ICE

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration ...
This image taken from a video provided by Christopher Helali shows Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University, being detained at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Colchester, Vt., on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Christopher Helali via AP)

A Palestinian Activist Expecting a US Citizenship Interview Is Arrested Instead by ICE

A Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University was arrested Monday at a Vermont immigration ...

/ 5 days ago

Mahmoud Khalil speaks during a press conference about students who were arrested and suspended for protesting at Columbia University, near the campus in New York, April 22, 2024. The Trump administration is trying to deport pro-Palestinian students and academics who are legally in the United States, a new front in its clash with elite schools over what it says is their failure to combat antisemitism.(Bing Guan/The New York Times)

What We Know About the Detentions of Student Protesters

The Trump administration is trying to deport pro-Palestinian students and academics who are legally in the United States, a new front in its...

/ 3 weeks ago

Mahmoud Khalil speaks during a press conference about students who were arrested and suspended for protesting at Columbia University, near the campus in New York, April 22, 2024. A New York federal judge on Wednesday transferred the case of a Columbia University graduate detained by the Trump administration this month to New Jersey, where his lawyers will continue their efforts to seek his release. (Bing Guan/The New York Times)

Judge Says Khalil’s Deportation Case Can Be Heard in New Jersey

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/ 1 month ago

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupy the lobby of Barnard College’s main library in Manhattan, on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. Mahmoud Khalil was the public face of pro-Palestinian protests — officials have accused him, without providing details, of leading activities aligned with Hamas, an allegation he has denied. (Marco Postigo Storel/The New York Times)

What’s Next for Mahmoud Khalil? A Fight to Keep His Case in New York.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy talks during his meeting with Chairman of the German Christian Democratic Party (CDU) Friedrich Merz in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky).

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Pro-Palestinian Group at Columbia Now Backs ‘Armed Resistance’ by Hamas

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Gov. Newsom Signs Laws to Address Gaza Protests at Public Universities

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed new legislation on Saturday mandating public universities in California to revise their codes of conduct and provid...

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