(2025-04-23). On the Free Speech Rights of Noncitizens. counterpunch.org 
The Trump administration has revoked the visas of more than 1,000 foreign university students since January 2025. Many of the individual cases that have made headlines center on foreign-born university students who participated in Palestinian rights protests. In early March, the federal government arrested, detained and began deportation proceedings against Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent
(2025-04-23). Noor Abdalla, wife of Mahmoud Khalil, gives birth while husband languishes in ICE detention. peoplesdispatch.org The ongoing detention of Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil has united movement in solidarity with Palestine with struggle for immigrant rights under Trump…
(2025-04-23). Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Gives Birth After ICE Denies His Request to Be Present. scheerpost.com
(2025-04-23). The battle to fight and define antisemitism. whyy.org The Trump administration accused universities of allowing antisemitism. Some say revoking pro-Palestinian protestors' visas and freezing funds is overreach, others disagree.
(2025-04-22). Headlines for April 22, 2025. democracynow.org House Democrats Visit El Salvador to Press for Release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Relatives Fight U.S. Attempts to Transfer Venezuelan Immigrants to El Salvador Prison, ICE Denies Mahmoud Khalil's Request to Join His Wife for Birth of Their First Child, "The War Must Stop": Detained Palestinian Green Card Holder Mohsen Mahdawi Calls for End to Gaza War, Judge Orders Reinstatement of Canceled Visas for 133 Foreign Students, UNRWA Chief Condemns Israel's Use of Aid to Gaza as a "Bargaining Chip and a Weapon of War", Survivors Recount RSF Massacre on Zamzam Camp for Displaced Sudane…
(2025-04-22). U.S. government denies Mahmoud Khalil's request to attend son's birth. radiohc.cu Washington, April 22 (RHC) ⚪ The Palestinian Columbia University student, who has been detained for more than a month, has missed the birth of his son after the Department of Homeland Security denied his request to be there in person, according to U.S. media reports.
(2025-04-22). Palestinian activist Khalil denied release for son's birth, wife says. aljazeera.com Mahmoud Khalil's wife Noor Abdalla accuses US government of trying to silence pro-Palestinian activism.
(2025-04-22). Detained pro-Palestinian Columbia activist Mahmoud Khalil denied temporary release for birth. haaretz.com Khalil, a Palestinian student activist at Columbia University, has been held in detention, without criminal charges, for six weeks. The Trump administration argues he should be deported for his beliefs…
(2025-04-22). Mahmoud Khalil misses birth of first child as ICE denies release. newarab.com 
His wife, "My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud," she said in a…
(2025-04-22). Mahmoud Khalil's Wife Gives Birth After ICE Denies His Request to Be Present. truthout.org Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil, who was abducted by immigration officials for his activism against Israel's genocide in Gaza, was barred from attending the birth of his firstborn child on Monday after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials denied his request for temporary release. The day before Khalil's wife, Noor Abdalla, gave birth to their son — eight days… |
(2025-04-22). Lessons of abductions and terror. internationalviewpoint.org The abduction of Mahmoud Khalil — the Palestinian graduate student and green card holder seized March 8 at his Columbia University residence — is now multiplied by other high-profile detentions and deportation threats, and dozens or even hundreds of unpublicized cases. Secretary of State Marco Rubio openly boasts as much. | – | / |
(2025-04-22). CAIR Condemns ICE Refusal to Allow Mahmoud Khalil to Attend His Son's Birth an 'Act of Sheer Cruelty'. fightbackbetter.com The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a refusal by U.S.