Mahmoud Khalil faces deportation: Should students in US with green cards be worried?

The arrest and potential deportation of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil have sparked outrage, raising concerns about green card holders’ rights in the US. Accused of posing a foreign policy risk, Khalil’s pro-Palestinian activism led to his detention by ICE. A federal judge has temporarily blocked his deportation, but his future remains uncertain.

​The arrest and potential deportation of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil have sparked outrage, raising concerns about green card holders’ rights in the US. Accused of posing a foreign policy risk, Khalil’s pro-Palestinian activism led to his detention by ICE. A federal judge has temporarily blocked his deportation, but his future remains uncertain. The arrest and potential deportation of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil have sparked outrage, raising concerns about green card holders’ rights in the US. Accused of posing a foreign policy risk, Khalil’s pro-Palestinian activism led to his detention by ICE. A federal judge has temporarily blocked his deportation, but his future remains uncertain.