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Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Mahmoud Khalil will remain in ICE detention as Trump administration makes case for deporting him

Lawyers for the government are seeking to move the case out of New York, while White House officials are arguing that the Columbia activist poses a national security threat.

Columbia’s Jewish students, weary from 17 months in the spotlight, weigh in on Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

“Trump’s claim is that this is for me, as a Jewish student, but I don’t think it’s protecting me or anyone else,” said one second-year student.

A woman at a podium during a Senate hearing

Trump guts Department of Education, slashing office handling antisemitism complaints

Dismantling the department has long been a Republican ambition.

A bagel shop backed out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. Then regret set in.

American Jewish Committee says it’s ‘appalled’ by Mahmoud Khalil’s views but does not praise his arrest

As ICE targets a Palestinian activist, some Jews are asking if this is the fight against antisemitism they signed up for

Pro-Israel LGBTQ group A Wider Bridge names new leadership after previous director charged with sexual misconduct

Florida teen brings a Holocaust memorial project to his high school

Judge Jesse Furman, pictured in 2018. (Screenshot)

The judge who blocked Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation is an observant Jew

Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)

A growing number of Jewish groups are condemning Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

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