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Al Jazeera
Politics
Joseph Stepansky

Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil challenges arrest in US immigration court

Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil in New York City, the United States [File: David Dee Delgado/Reuters]

Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestine protest leader targeted for deportation by the administration of US President Donald Trump, has sought to have the case against him thrown out in a consequential immigration hearing.

Khali’s lawyers presented evidence they said showed “egregious government misconduct” surrounding his March 8 arrest during Thursday’s hearing in Louisiana.

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