Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student the Trump administration is trying to expel from the U.S. because of his role in campus protests against Israel, are expected to appear Friday ...

Lawyers for the Justice Department and detained Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil are due in Newark federal court on Friday to argue over where his petition for release should be held.

Supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants who have expressed their political views.

The Trump administration has targeted the student from Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs for his ...