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An immigration judge in Louisiana said she would terminate the case against Mahmoud Khalil if the government does not provide evidence this week justifying their attempted deportation of the Columbia...
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“If this turns out to be what happens Friday, it would be an uncalled for rush to judgement that would completely deprive Mahmoud of any due process, which is a foundation of our legal system.”
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The Encampments,” a new documentary, follows Mahmoud Khalil and other student activists as they fight for divestment and Palestinian liberation.
The government this month canceled $400 million in funding for Columbia and threatened to withhold billions more, accusing the university of not doing enough to combat antisemitism and ensure student safety amid last year's Gaza encampment campus protests.
Students chained to a gate were removed by security officials. It came as the university planned to deploy 36 officers empowered to remove people from campus.
“The Encampments” hits theaters with the kind of PR money can’t buy. One of the voices of resistance to the war in Gaza featured in the new documentary — which goes behind the scenes at the protests that roiled the campuses of Columbia University and other colleges last spring — is Mahmoud Khalil.
It’s the first application cycle since pro-Palestinian protests swept the campus and the University found itself in the crosshairs of the Trump Administration.
NEW YORK, April 4 (Reuters) - The 36 new special patrol officers announced last month by Columbia University were appointed ... had set up an unauthorized tent encampment on a campus lawn last ...
Name the trustees." Khalil, one of the leaders of the Columbia University anti-Israel encampment in spring 2024, was detained by ICE agents in New York City in early March. The Department of ...
At Columbia University, which has long borne witness to protests and dissent, the atmosphere has shifted under a new regime of policy changes ostensibly aimed at heightening security, according to CNN interviews with more than a dozen students and faculty.