Graduate Student's Fight Against Deportation: Seeking US Supreme Court Intervention
A graduate student from Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, is seeking the intervention of the US Supreme Court to prevent his deportation following a denial of his request for a re-hearing by the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia. Khalil, 31, was detained by immigration authorities last year amid pro-Palestinian protests, which made him a focal point of President Donald Trump's efforts to curb campus demonstrations related to Israel's conflict in Gaza. Despite Khalil's plea for a re-hearing, the appeals court upheld the government's decision in January, stating that Khalil must...