(NEW YORK) -- A federal judge has blocked the removal of a Palestinian activist from the United States while weighing a petition challenging his arrest, court documents show.

A federal judge in New York ordered Columbia University anti-Israel agitator Mahmoud Khalil is not to be deported for now.

Liberal Jewish groups joined the chorus condemning the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian protest leader at Columbia ...

Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys are challenging his arrest, which raises questions about First Amendment protections for ...

The arrest of a Palestinian activist who helped organize campus protests of the war in Gaza has sparked questions about ...

Hundreds of thousands of students and others have signed petitions claiming that Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest violates his rights ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead protests at Columbia University is facing deportation following his arrest by federal immigration agents over the weekend.

The move is an escalation in Trump's effort to increase deportations from the U.S. and strip protections from those who ...

The detainment of Palestinian who attended Columbia University, has drawn international attention. His green card is one ...

Khalil’s situation immediately drew international attention because of the reason he was detained, and because, according to ...

Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of ...

The other leading Democratic candidates for New York City mayor condemned the arrest as unconstitutional and authoritarian ...