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Judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist who led protests at Columbia

An immigration judge has dismissed the Trump administration’s deportation case against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian graduate student and Columbia protest leader

The Independent UK

US judge blocks deportation of Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi

Mahdawi, arrested last year during US citizenship interview, says he is ‘grateful to the court for honoring the rule of law’

The Guardian - US

Calls mount for release of Palestinian protester held by ICE for nearly a year

Leqaa Kordia was taken into custody last March, nearly a year after being arrested at a protest at Columbia

The Guardian - US

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Palestinian student Mohsen Mahdawi returns to Columbia University: ‘They have failed to silence me’

Mahdawi was targeted and arrested for deportation due to his activism but the permanent US resident is resuming postgraduate studies

The Guardian - US

Key takeaways from trial over Trump administration’s ‘ideological deportation’ policy

Suit highlights reasons for detainment of noncitizen scholars in the US by Ice and homeland security

The Guardian - US

Trump administration threatens Columbia University’s accreditation

The Education Department accuses school of violating the Civil Rights Act and calls for its accreditor to take action.

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Drawing the Line Where It Matters

While one student risks his future to challenge Trump, a columnist takes a stand for his Tesla.

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How Tulsi became Trump's biggest weapon

Trump's intelligence director peddles new conspiracy theory that stokes MAGA extremism — and even violence

Salon

Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil challenges arrest in US immigration court

Khalil’s lawyer say ‘egregious government misconduct’ means Trump administration deportation case should be thrown out.

Al Jazeera

‘Free Mahmoud’: Columbia students boo acting president at graduation as Khalil is still detained

As Claire Shipman spoke students voiced displeasure that green card holder Mahmoud Khalil remains in Ice custody

The Guardian - US

Bhutanese Nepalis fled ethnic cleansing for the US. Trump is returning them to the refugee camps

They lost their Nepalese citizenship years ago and are now living in a ‘stateless limbo’ amid Trump’s deportations

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: thinktank finds legal immigrants stripped of protections and sent to El Salvador prison

Report comes as supreme court allows US president to revoke protected status for Venezuelans. Key US politics stories from 19 May 2025

The Guardian - US

Mohsen Mahdawi, released from Ice custody, graduates from Columbia

Palestinian activist, freed just over two weeks ago from federal detention, crosses graduation stage to cheers

The Guardian - US

Judges thwart Trump effort to deport pro-Palestinian students – but their fight isn’t over

The administration seems to be getting clobbered in court, but it’s still unsettled whether the government can detain and deport noncitizens over political speech

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Al Jazeera

US judge orders release of Badar Khan Suri from immigration custody

The Georgetown scholar is among several US visa holders targeted for deportation for pro-Palestine advocacy.

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Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk ordered released from ICE detention

The doctoral student, targeted for pro-Palestine article, recounts being ‘afraid’ and ‘crying’ during her detention.

The Independent UK

Freed Palestinian student accuses Columbia University of inciting violence

A Palestinian student arrested as he was about to finalize his U.S. citizenship is accusing Columbia University of eroding democracy with its handling of protests against the Israel-Hamas war

Al Jazeera

Student protester Mohsen Mahdawi unveils legal defence fund for immigrants

Mahdawi was recently released after being arrested as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on student protesters.

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The Independent UK

Released Palestinian student to help launch immigrant legal aid initiative in Vermont

A Palestinian student arrested during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship is helping to launch an initiative to help other immigrants facing deportation in Vermont

The Independent UK

Appeals court to hear cases of 2 university students, one detained, the other recently released

A federal appeals court is scheduled to hear arguments in the cases of a Turkish Tufts University student who's been detained by immigration authorities for six weeks and a Palestinian student at Columbia University who was recently released from detention

The Guardian - US

‘What is left of our democracy?’: freed Palestinian human rights advocate warns of US authoritarian rule

Mohsen Mahdawi, student detained by Ice last month, pens blistering attack on Trump’s deportation policies

The Independent UK

Trump’s deputy at the DOJ pushed for search warrant for student protesters’ Instagram accounts

Emil Bove reportedly pursued criminal inquiry into Columbia protests, drawing rebukes from prosecutors and a judge

Reason

Cato/FIRE Amicus Brief Against Speech-Based Deportations of Foreign Students

The brief gives a good explanation of why such actions violate the First Amendment.

Reason

Court Frees Palestinian Student Arrested by ICE at His U.S. Citizenship Hearing

A U.S. district judge called Mohsen Mahdawi’s detention a “great harm to a person who has been charged with no crime.”

Al Jazeera

Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi released from US custody

Mahdawi is among the student protesters targeted for deportation under President Trump for pro-Palestine advocacy.

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