Mahmoud Khalil is currently being held in an immigration detention facility by the Trump administration. But a year ago, he skipped out on the first encampment at Columbia, which would launch a

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student facing deportation for his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests, appeared before a judge in New Jersey to debate where Khalil’s fight to be released from federal custody should play out.

Protesters gathered outside of a hearing where Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers urged the court to release him. Protesters gathered outside of a hearing where Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers urged the court to release him.