A federal judge has blocked the removal of a #Palestinian activist who was detained at #ColumbiaUniversity

#MahmoudKhalil is being held at a Louisiana detention center, his attorney said.

Khalil was arrested by #Trump’s ICE agents at Columbia University over the weekend, despite having a #GreenCard sparking an outcry from #CivilRights groups. His attys subsequently filed a #HabeasCorpus petition challenging his arrest.

#law #ChristianZionism
abcnews.go.com/US/ice-arrests-…

Judge blocks removal of Palestinian activist who was detained at Columbia University

Mahmoud Khalil is being held at a Louisiana detention center, his attorney said.

^{Armando Garcia (ABC News)}

The #Trump admin announced on Friday that it had canceled $400M in federal grants & contracts to #ColumbiaUniversity because of what it described as the school’s failure to protect #Jewish students from harassment.

On Monday, #LindaMcMahon, the secy of #education, had warned that #Columbia would face the loss of federal funding if it did not take additional action to combat antisemitism on campus.

#USpol #law #FreeSpeech #ChristianZionism
nytimes.com/live/2025/03/07/us…

The Trump administration cancels $400 million in grants and contracts to Columbia University.

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^{Sharon Otterman (The New York Times)}