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Mahmoud Khalil’s case to remain in New Jersey

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Khalil is suing the federal government, arguing that it violated his constitutional rights, including free speech and due process, when it detained and attempted to deport him.
Wall Street Journal |
Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil is being held in an immigration detention facility in Louisiana more than a thousand miles away from where the 30-year-old was arrested in New York in early ...
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Attorneys argued the government’s actions were an attempt to suppress dissent and limit access to legal counsel by transferring Khalil across state lines in the middle of the night.

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