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Mahmoud Khalil deportation case: Federal judge orders release of Palestinian activist; govt given till Friday to appeal

Federal judge blocks Trump administration from continuing to detain Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil A federal judge on Wednesday ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, a legal US resident and former graduate student at Columbia University, must be released from immigration detention. Khalil was detained in March following his participation in campus pro-Palestinian demonstrations against Israel’s military action […]

US authorities detain Turkish student Rumeysa Ozturk at Tufts, revoke visa

Boston: US federal immigration authorities detained a PhD student from Turkiye studying at Tufts University near Boston late on Tuesday and have revoked her visa, according to the university and her attorney.The Turkish national, Rumeysa Ozturk, was taken into custody near her home in Somerville, Massachusetts, according to her lawyer, who filed a lawsuit in […]