A U.S. immigration judge will rule on Friday whether the government can deport Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil, a month after he was arrested at his Columbia University apartment building and transferred to a Louisiana jail.

A Louisiana immigration judge is set to decide Friday whether to release Palestinian activist and Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil one month after he was arrested by federal agents following a deportation order from the Trump administration.

The Trump administration has cited reasons like roommate disputes and traffic tickets for canceling hundreds of international student visas.

The Trump administration revoked 15 Texas A&M students' visas, at least 2 at University of Texas. Students protest, demand more information from UT.

Over the past week, nearly 300 full-time international students across the country were informed that their visa status had been revoked.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in March that the government has revoked hundreds of visas for students and other visitors, calling them "lunatics."

Meanwhile, the University of San Diego joined dozens of colleges in protesting Trump’s crackdown on international students in an amicus brief.

Some international scholars at Illinois universities are reeling after the federal government suddenly revoked their student visas without explanation.

The visa terminations mean the students must immediately leave the U.S., scrambling their plans to earn college degrese.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he's revoked the visas of 'lunatics,' but civil-rights experts say the administration is targeting free speech.

The U.S. Secretary of State has said more than 300 student visas have been revoked. That may include two recent graduates of UT Austin, who were staying in the country to work.