The Trump administration has targeted the student from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs for his participation in campus protests last year against Israeli military activity

The Trump administration – after accusing Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil of being a Hamas sympathizer without providing evidence – now says Khalil’s deportation is justified because he did not reveal connections to two organizations in his application to become a permanent US resident,

Educational advocates and parents said the student project was an attempt to manipulate students with false information