Mahmoud Khalil asks US supreme court to review his deportation case A ruling against Khalil could impact the rights of immigrants to challenge their detention in federal court The Guardian - US · Oct 19
US appeals court rejects Trump bid to redetain Georgetown scholar arrested by ICE Outcome for Badar Khan Suri contradicts rulings in similar cases concerning pro-Palestinian speech, teeing up a potential supreme court review The Guardian - US · Jul 24
US appeals court overturns ruling that freed Columbia activist Mohsen Mahdawi The ruling echoes a similar decision earlier this year against Mahmoud Khalil, a former classmate of Mahdawi’s at Columbia University The Independent UK · Jul 21
Tufts scholar grabbed off the street by ICE blasts Trump administration as she returns to Turkey Rumeysa Ozturk condemns ‘state-imposed violence and hostility’ as Homeland Security reaches settlement with Turkish PhD student The Independent UK · Apr 17
Why were these two US immigration judges fired? The case of two fired judges – and one who kept his job – offers a lesson in the administration’s view of free speech The Guardian - US · Apr 16
Indian-origin immigration judge fired by Trump administration after blocking deportation of Palestinian student: 'I tried to resist' Indian-origin immigration judge Roopal Patel was axed by the Trump administration after blocking a high-profile deportation case involving a pro-Palestinian student. The Times of India · Apr 14
Judges fired after blocking deportation of pro-Palestinian students Immigration judges Roopal Patel and Nina Froes among six judges terminated by Department of Justice The Guardian - US · Apr 13
‘Trump, I’m not afraid of you’: meet some of the people suing the president More than a hundred lawsuits were filed against the Trump administration over the past year. Four people explain why it’s important to protect rights and fight back The Guardian - US · Feb 21
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 · Feb 17
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 · Feb 17
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 · Feb 13
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 · Sep 2, 2025
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 · Jul 22, 2025
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. Al Jazeera · Jun 4, 2025
Capital & Main · May 30, 2025 Drawing the Line Where It Matters While one student risks his future to challenge Trump, a columnist takes a stand for his Tesla.
Salon · May 28, 2025 How Tulsi became Trump's biggest weapon Trump's intelligence director peddles new conspiracy theory that stokes MAGA extremism — and even violence
Al Jazeera · May 22, 2025 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.
The Guardian - US · May 21, 2025 ‘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 · May 21, 2025 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 · May 20, 2025 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 · May 20, 2025 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 · May 17, 2025 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
Al Jazeera · May 14, 2025 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.
Al Jazeera · May 9, 2025 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 · May 9, 2025 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