April 09, 2026
The Third Circuit granted three separate motions from civil rights groups, immigration experts and habeas scholars Thursday to file amicus briefs supporting Mahmoud Khalil's request for en banc review of a precedential decision that cleared the way for the government to continue detaining the Columbia University activist.
April 01, 2026
Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident targeted for deportation, asked a Third Circuit judge, U.S. Circuit Judge Emil Bove, to recuse himself from en banc review of a decision allowing for Khalil's detention, saying Wednesday the judge was likely involved in decisions related to the case while at the U.S. Department of Justice.
January 15, 2026
The Third Circuit vacated on Thursday a series of New Jersey federal court orders blocking the detention and removal of Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident targeted for deportation under a rarely used foreign policy provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
December 23, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court’s use of the emergency docket drove 2025’s biggest immigration decisions, with the justices stepping in repeatedly to stay nationwide injunctions, greenlight key parts of President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda, and in some cases preserve due process rights. Here, Law360 looks at the year’s key immigration decisions.
October 21, 2025
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.
October 17, 2025
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.
August 11, 2025
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.
July 25, 2025
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.
July 24, 2025
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.
July 16, 2025
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.