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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 New York City

Columbia University Activist Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules

Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, was the first person arrested under President Donald Trump’s promised crackdown on students who joined campus protests against the war in Gaza.

Trump Administration Freezes $2.2 Billion in Grants to Harvard Over Campus Activism

Trump has normalized the extraordinary step of withholding federal money to pressure academic institutions to comply with the president’s agenda and influence campus policy.

U.S. President Joe Biden discusses ongoing student protests at U.S universities during brief remarks at the White House in Washington

Biden Says ‘Order Must Prevail’ During Campus Protests Over the War in Gaza

President Joe Biden defended the right to protest but insisted that “order must prevail” as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza.

Protests continue at Columbia University in New York during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas

House Passes Bill To Expand Definition of Antisemitism Amid Growing Campus Protests

Action on the bill was just the latest reverberation in Congress from the protest movement that has swept university campuses.