Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is being held in an immigration detention facility in Louisiana more than a ...

His case represents a clear attempt by the Trump administration to silence dissent, intimidate our universities and attack our freedom.

On the night of March 8, pro-Palestinian activist and former Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by federal immigration agents and taken to 26 Federal Plaza in Lower Manhattan.

Demonstrators from a Jewish group filled the lobby of Trump Tower on Thursday to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against ...