Appeals Court Ruling: Pro Hamas Columbia Activist Mahmoud Khalil Faces Potential Re-Arrest Under Trump Policy
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
New York ,New York , The legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil, the prominent pro-Hamas activist and Columbia University graduate, has taken a dramatic turn. On Thursday, January 15, 2026, a federal appeals court ruled that a lower court judge had no authority to release Khalil from immigration detention last summer—a decision that effectively clears the path for the Trump administration to re-detain him.
