Ivy League anti-Israel ringleader Mahmoud Khalil fights deportation in New Jersey court

ConstitutionallawattorneyKenBelkindiscussestheallegationsagainstPalestinianprotesterMahmoudKhalilashefightsbackagainstdeportation,thelatestonthedeportationflightbattleandthedismantlingoftheEducationDepartment. AttorneysforformerColumbiaUniversitygraduatestudentMahmoudKhalilaresettotakeontheTrumpadministrationinaNewJerseycourtroomFridayasthepresident’steamfightstodeporttheanti-Israelactivist.  TherewillbeahearinginfederalcourtinNewark,NewJersey,at10a.m.beforeJudgeMichaelE.Farbiarz.NewYorkJudgeJesseFurmantransferredthecasetoNewJersey,whereKhalilwasincustodywhenhisattorneysfiledtheiroriginalwritofhabeascorpuschallenginghisdetention. KhalilhassincebeenmovedtoLouisiana,though,wheretheTrumpadministrationwantsthecasetoplayout. Khalil,whoholdslegalpermanentresidentstatusintheU.S.,cameundertheadministration’swrathforhisallegedsupportofHamasterroristsintheaftermathoftheOct.7,2022attackonIsrael.TheDepa