A case challenging the Trump administration's attempt to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate, will be heard in federal court in New Jersey.

After Columbia University decided to cooperate with Trump administration on weeding out anti-American protesters, Columbia University graduates tore up their degrees in protest.

Mahmoud Khalil, a leader of the encampment protests at Columbia University last spring, was detained on March 8 at his student apartment building.

A federal judge ruled that the legal challenge over Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue in New Jersey.

A federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil's deportation should continue to play out in New Jersey, rejecting the Trump administration's bid to transfer the Columbia University protester's case to Louisiana.