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Topic: Mahmoud Khalil

Mahmoud Khalil speaks to the press (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Dems react to Khalil deportation order

Blaise Malley
Federal agents on an armored vehicle, Los Angeles, July 7, 2025. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

American democracy is crashing out

Russell Payne
Mahmoud Khalil speaks to the press (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Khalil seeks $20M from Trump admin

Alex Galbraith
The message was clear: “Uphold the First Amendment. Free Mahmoud Khalil.” After his release, supporters called it a victory for protest rights and a blow to political targeting. (VIEW press / Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / Getty Images)

"Justice prevailed," Khalil freed

CK Smith
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Pro Palestine demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national ICE headquarters to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists, April 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Judge orders Mahmoud Khalil's release

Blaise Malley
Demonstrators gather outside United States Federal Court House in New York City to show support for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and demand his immediate release from ICE detention. New York, U.S., March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Khalil describes missing birth of son

Alex Galbraith
Demonstrators gather outside United States Federal Court House in New York City to show support for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and demand his immediate release from ICE detention. New York, U.S., March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Mahmoud Khalil meets infant son

Charles R. Davis
In this handout photo provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the New York City Fugitive Operations Team conducted targeted enforcement operations resulting in the arrest of a Dominican national on January 28, 2025 in New York City. (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via Getty Images)

Glimmers of hope for Khalil, Öztürk

Alex Galbraith
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Pro Palestine demonstrators hold a rally and march to the national ICE headquarters to protest the arrest of Palestinian activists, April 5, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)

Judge rules Khalil can be deported

Troy Farah
Protesters hold signs reading "Free Rumeysa Ozturk" and "come for one face us all! solidarity forever" during a demonstration at Powder House Park in Somerville, Massachusetts. = (Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Student's arrest "designed to silence"

Griffin Eckstein
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) (Anna Rose Layden-Pool/Getty Images)

Rubio says he's axed 300 student visas

Griffin Eckstein
John Lennon, a former "Beatle" with wife, Yoko Ono, during a press conference on April 2, 1973. (Bettmann / Getty Images)

When Nixon tried to deport John Lennon

James Thornton Harris
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Demonstrators gather outside United States Federal Court House in New York City to show support for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and demand his immediate release from ICE detention. New York, U.S., March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

It won't end with Mahmoud Khalil

Russell Payne
People gather outside of a New York court to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil at Foley Square on March 12, 2025 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

How the right hijacked Jewish resistance

Katherine P. Blumstein
Hundreds turn out outside of a New York court to protest the arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and recent Columbia graduate who played a role in pro-Palestinian protests at the university on March 12, 2025 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Lawyers: Khalil arrest was "retaliatory"

Griffin Eckstein
Donald Trump | Trump Tower (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Protesters flood Trump Tower for Khalil

Griffin Eckstein
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Students protest against the war in Gaza on the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel at Columbia University in New York, New York, on Monday, October 7, 2024. (Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump admin. arrests Palestine activist

Russell Payne
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