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6 days ago | 
nbcnews.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student released after more than three months in ICE detention, arrived in the New York metropolitan area on Saturday. Immigration authorities had arrested Khalil, 30, in March at the university housing complex where he lived in New York City. He was quickly transported thousands of miles away to a detention center in Louisiana, where he spent the last few months.
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1 week ago | 
cnbc.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins |David K. Li
Protesters gather at Ervan Chew Park in Houston, Texas, on June 8, 2025, for a demonstration against Trump immigration policies and mass deportations. A protester holds a sign that reads, ''Free Mahmoud Khalil.'' (Photo by Reginald Mathalone/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Reginald Mathalone | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesA federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to release pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration custody.
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1 week ago | 
aol.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to reporters about the encampment at Columbia University in New York City on June 1, 2024. (Jeenah Moon)A federal judge on Friday ordered the Trump administration to release pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil from immigration custody. Khalil has been in the custody of immigration agents since March 8.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
Attorneys of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and the Trump administration clashed in court over Khalil's renewed request to be released on bail or, at least, transferred to a detention center in New Jersey to be closer to family. Both parties submitted new filings after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz declined to release Khalil last week.
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1 week ago | 
nbcnews.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
The man suspected of fatally shooting a Democratic Minnesota state representative and her husband, and wounding another state legislator and his wife, was captured in a Green Isle field on Sunday evening after a massive two-day manhunt. Authorities said Vance Boelter, 57, wore a "hyper realistic" silicone face mask, body armor, and a tactical vest to impersonate law enforcement when he carried out the violent rampage early Saturday morning.
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2 weeks ago | 
cnbc.com | Phil Helsel |Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
FILE PHOTO: Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, in New York City, U.S., June 1, 2024. Jeenah Moon | ReutersThe federal judge presiding over Mahmoud Khalil's case ruled that the Trump administration, for now, cannot deport or detain the Columbia University activist based on a determination by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
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2 weeks ago | 
nbcnews.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
The federal judge presiding over Mahmoud Khalil 's case ruled that the Trump administration, for now, cannot deport or detain the Columbia University activist based on a determination by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The judge's order will not take effect until Friday, allowing the government time to appeal. Rubio has cited an obscure provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to justify Khalil's removal from the U.S., saying that he poses a national security risk.
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2 weeks ago | 
aol.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
After nearly three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil made a request to move closer to his family. It was denied by the agency last week, according to emails reviewed Wednesday by NBC News. Khalil’s legal team asked in late May that he be transferred to a detention center in New Jersey to be closer to his wife and newborn son. He has been held in a Louisiana ICE facility since March.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins
After nearly three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention, pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil made a request to move closer to his family. ICE denied it last week, according to emails reviewed Wednesday by NBC News. Khalil’s legal team asked in late May that he be transferred to a detention center in New Jersey to be closer to his wife and newborn son. He has been held in a Louisiana ICE facility since March.
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3 weeks ago | 
nbcboston.com | Chloe Atkins |Chloë G. K. Atkins |Minyvonne Burke
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student detained in March by immigration agents, responded for the first time to the charges against him and described the "irreparable harm" his arrest has had on him and his family. "I have suffered—and continue to suffer—as a result of the government’s actions against me," he said in a declaration included in a letter his legal team filed on Thursday in support of his bid for a preliminary injunction in his federal case.
