Board of Immigration Appeals denies Khalil's bid to dismiss deportation case

The Board of Immigration Appeals denied Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's motion to dismiss his deportation case, keeping the Trump administration's removal proceedings active against the Columbia University graduate and green card holder. Khalil had been detained since March 2025 over his role in pro-Palestinian campus protests. His wife, a U.S. citizen, gave birth while he remained in detention, and the couple has three U.S. citizen children. His lawyers argued the deportation violated First Amendment protections for political speech.