Judge temporarily blocks effort to deport Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests

Land of the Unfree?

As Mahmoud Khalil’s plight shows, U.S. democracy risks dying in the darkness of detention centers.

Elwood Watson: Protect universities from conservative cancel culture

Debates over free speech, cultural appropriation, intolerance, and other controversies covered by the umbrella term “cancel culture” have woven themselves firmly into the fabric of our current culture over the past few years. By now, most Americans are aware of the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University with permanent residency in the U.S. who is in the middle of a deportation fight with the Trump administration for be…

Detained pro-Palestinian activist's case moved to new US court

A judge moved the legal case of a pro-Palestinian protest leader detained and slated for deportation by US authorities to a new court Wednesday, but not the highly conservative jurisdiction sought by President Donald Trump's administration.The administration had pushed for Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's case to be heard in Louisiana, a district sympathetic to deportation efforts, but a New York judge instead moved it to Ne…

Ruben Navarrette: Former Columbia Student Facing Deportation Earned His Legal Troubles

SAN DIEGO — Our opinions are often the sum of our experiences. What human beings believe can frequently be traced back to who we are, where we're from, who we love, what we've done and what tribes we call our own. Our personal journey shapes how we see the world. And so I find myself diving into the tale of Mahmoud Khalil — the Palestinian activist and former Columbia University graduate student who was recently arrested by Immigration and Custo…

Dalhousie student union launches fundraiser so Palestinian students can study in Canada

“The same way we advocate for our students on campus, we advocate for students all around the world,” says union president. The Dalhousie Student Union is hoping to raise $30,000 to help Palestinian students affected by genocide to continue their studies in Canada. Launched this week, the DSU’s new fundraising campaign is one of the biggest in the union’s history…

‘No one can protect you’: Columbia University urges foreign students to avoid Gaza-re

Pro-Palestinian protest epicenter warns international students to avoid Middle East-related posts as Trump’s administration freezes $400 million in funding and threatens deportations