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US court rejects Trump bid to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil deportation challenge

Protesters rally in support of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil on March 14 outside Columbia University in New York City in the United States [File: Jason DeCrow/AP Photo]

A federal court in the United States has dismissed an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to dismiss Palestinian rights activist Mahmoud Khalil’s legal challenge against his detention and deportation.

Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and legal permanent resident, has been held by the government since March 8 in a push to deport him over his participation in campus protests for Gaza last year.

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