Khalil was the first of several high-profile immigrant students targeted for deportation following the 2024-2025 Pro-Hamas campus protests
the staff of the Ridgewpood blog
New York NY, The legal battle over one of the most polarizing figures in the 2024 Pro-Hamas campus protest movement has reached a dramatic tipping point. Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent organizer of the Pro-Hamas, Columbia University Gaza Solidarity Encampment, is set to be re-arrested and deported to Algeria, according to a high-ranking official in the Trump administration.
