Federal Judge Transfers Columbia Student Activist’s Case to New Jersey
Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan called the legal challenge an “exceptional case” in need of “careful judicial review.”
The Justice Department Is Investigating Whether Columbia University Hid Students Sought by the US
Columbia University’s campus has been in crisis since the arrest Saturday of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist.
Columbia University Student and the US Government Spar Over His Detention in Louisiana
In court papers over the weekend, lawyers for the Justice Department also blamed his move on overcrowded facilities in the Northeast.
Government Asks That Detained Columbia Student’s Legal Fight Be Moved to New Jersey or Louisiana
His lawyers argued that he engaged in protected free speech and that the government is illegally retaliating against him over it.
White House Pressures Columbia University as It Seeks To Deport Pro-Palestinian Activists
Columbia had been given names and was refusing to help the Department of Homeland Security “to identify those individuals on campus.”
Trump Campaigned as a Protector of Free Speech. Critics Say His Actions as President Threaten It
But First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in Trump’s second term.
Trump Warns That Arrest of Palestinian Activist at Columbia Will Be ‘First of Many’
He is the first person known to be detained for deportation under Trump’s promised crackdown on student protests against Israel and the war in Gaza.
ICE Agents Arrest Palestinian Activist Who Helped Lead Columbia University Protests
Khalil’s arrest is the first publicly known deportation effort under Trump’s promised crackdown on students who joined protests against the war in Gaza.