7 h. ago Now freed, Mahmoud Khalil files $20M claim against Trump administration

The filing — a precursor to a lawsuit — names the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the State Department.

Politics

33 h. ago Freed from ICE detention, Mahmoud Khalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration

NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in Louisiana, awaiting news of the child’s birth in New York. For a moment, the outspoken Palestinian activist found himself uncharacteristically speechless. […]

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38 h. ago Canada sees U.S. asylum claim surge as both nations harden borders

A growing number of migrants in the U.S. are heading north to seek asylum, even as Canada adopts increasingly restrictive immigration policies of its own. During the first six days of July, Canadian officials at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing — the busiest land port between New York and Quebec — received 761 asylum claims, a […]

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2 w. ago What to know about activist Mahmoud Khalil and his release from detention

The former Columbia University graduate student is expected to head to New York to reunite with his wife and infant son, born while Khalil was detained.

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3 w. ago Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed after 104 days of immigration detention

The Trump administration is seeking to deport Khalil for his role in anti-Israel protests

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3 w. ago Mahmoud Khalil to be released from custody, orders federal judge

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil had asked a judge to immediately release him on bail from a Louisiana jail, or transfer him to New Jersey.

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