Case in other court:

  1. October 21, 2025

    3rd Circ. Unsure Pro-Palestinian Views Justify Deportation

    The Third Circuit on Tuesday appeared skeptical of the government's bid to deport a green card-holding former Columbia University graduate student over his pro-Palestinian views, suggesting that the case raised serious constitutional concerns about retaliation for protected speech and the proper forum for adjudicating such claims.

  2. October 17, 2025

    Judge Lifts Travel Restrictions Within US For Mahmoud Khalil

    A New Jersey federal judge on Friday lifted travel restrictions for Palestinian green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, allowing him to travel anywhere in the U.S. so long as he provides the court with 48 hours' notice.

  3. August 11, 2025

    Repeat Args Foil Khalil's Second Shot At Blocking Deportation

    A New Jersey federal judge rejected Mahmoud Khalil's second bid to block the Trump administration from deporting him on an alleged paperwork violation, ruling he relied upon the same arguments and evidence he raised or could have raised the first time.

  4. July 25, 2025

    Top Immigration Cases Of 2025: Midyear Report

    Federal courts repeatedly rebuffed key pillars of President Donald Trump's immigration policy during the first half of the year, with district courts halting efforts to curtail birthright citizenship, restrict asylum at the southern border and deport noncitizens without notice. Law360 looks at some of the most significant immigration litigation developments nearly six months into Trump's second term.

  5. July 24, 2025

    Rubio Memo Still A Threat Despite Injunction, Khalil Says

    Mahmoud Khalil told a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday that the Trump administration's bid to stay an injunction that bars his removal, if successful, would leave him at risk of removal under the very grounds the court prohibited.

  6. July 16, 2025

    Order Blocking Khalil's Removal Covers Other Gov't Actions

    A New Jersey federal judge's order that the government is "preliminarily enjoined" from deporting a pro-Palestinian activist means prosecutors are blocked from pre-removal actions, like detention, and the continued pursuit of removal proceedings, the jurist clarified Wednesday at the activist's behest.

  7. July 10, 2025

    Khalil Seeks $20M For 'Politically Motivated' Detention, Arrest

    Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist whom immigration officials are seeking to deport, is pursuing $20 million in damages for allegedly malicious prosecution and abuse of process, the Center for Constitutional Rights announced Thursday.

  8. July 08, 2025

    Judge Says Khalil Not Required To Check In With ICE

    A federal judge in New Jersey said Palestinian green card holder Mahmoud Khalil, whom the Trump administration sought to deport for harming U.S. foreign policy interests, need not report to immigration officials as a condition of his release from immigration detention.

  9. June 27, 2025

    Feds Seek 3rd Circ. Stay Of Columbia Grad's Release Order

    The federal government has asked the Third Circuit to stay a New Jersey judge's order that released Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on bond, arguing that the district court lacked jurisdiction over the immigration issue and Khalil's habeas filing.

  10. June 20, 2025

    NJ Federal Judge Orders Khalil To Be Released On Bond

    A New Jersey federal judge ordered Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil to be released from immigration detention on bond, ruling from the bench on Friday that keeping someone like him behind bars is "highly unusual."