Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil asks for Supreme Court review of his deportation case
His lawyers say the ruling could let immigration authorities re-arrest him and seek deportation while his Supreme Court appeal proceeds.
- On Friday, lawyers for activist Mahmoud Khalil vowed to ask the Supreme Court to review his deportation case after the Third Circuit Court of Appeals declined to reconsider a ruling that leaves him at risk of detention.
- Khalil, a former Columbia University student, was arrested in March 2025 during a Trump administration crackdown on campus protests; a Third Circuit panel later overturned a district court order that had secured his release.
- In a 6-5 vote, the Third Circuit rejected the rehearing request along ideological lines; Circuit Judge Cheryl Ann Krause, one of five Democratic appointees, stated the decision "handcuffed the judiciary's ability to protect the civil liberties of non-citizens."
- Khalil faces potential re-arrest and deportation to Algeria or Syria, as the Board of Immigration Appeals rejected his appeal in April, finalizing the removal order his legal team is fighting.
- Baher Azmy, legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, called the decision "dangerous," warning the ruling "greenlights holding someone in prolonged, brutal detention conditions without access to meaningful judicial review" to punish dissent.
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Mahmoud Khalil will appeal to high court
Lawyers for Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil vowed Friday to take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court, after a federal appeals court declined to reconsider a ruling that opened the door to President Donald Trump's administration re-arresting and deporting…
Mahmoud Khalil to appeal to U.S. Supreme Court to avoid re-arrest
If the Appeals Court's ruling is allowed to take effect, Khalil could face the prospect of being arrested again and deported, after the Board of Immigration Appeals in April rejected his appeal of an immigration judge's order that he be removed to Algeria or Syria
Mahmoud Khalil’s Lawyers to Ask Supreme Court to Review His Immigration Case
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a foreign-born Columbia University graduate who led pro-Palestinian protests after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, said on May 22 that they will ask the Supreme Court to review his high-profile immigration case after a federal appeals court refused to reconsider his case. In a split 6-5 decision, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on May 22 that it would leave in place a ruling that st…
Former Columbia Student to Turn to Supreme Court
A man who became a symbol of campus protest crackdowns is taking his argument to the country's highest court. After a federal appeals court on Friday declined to revisit his case, the New York Times reports, attorneys for 31-year-old Mahmoud Khalil said they will ask the Supreme Court to step...
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