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US judge freezes deportation of Palestinian activist as court considers legal challenge
A federal judge in New York City has ordered that Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil not be deported while the court considers a legal challenge brought by his lawyers.
A hearing is scheduled for Wednesday.
Khalil, a lawful US resident who was a graduate student at Columbia until December, was detained Saturday by federal immigration agents in New York and flown to an immigration jail in Louisiana.
Khalil helped lead anti-Israel protests at Columbia University. President Trump has said he will be the first “of many to come” as his administration cracks down on campus demonstrations against Israel and the war in Gaza.
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