Deportation

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil asks US Supreme Court to hear case seeking to avoid re-arrest

Khalil's lawyers argue that noncitizens must be able to challenge detention allegedly intended to punish constitutionally protected speech as his deportation case reaches the Supreme Court.

OCTOBER 19, 2026|ByREUTERS

Columbia graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil attends a press conference announcing a lawsuit against the university in New York City, September 14, 2026.

Burundian nationals stand outside their country's embassy as they seek travel documents to return to Burundi despite Kenya's government offering a temporary amnesty to undocumented East African nationals fearing a crackdown on small-scale traders from abroad, in Nairobi, Kenya, September 8, 2026.

Burundi agrees to receive US third-country deportees, excluding those with crime or terror links

Washington has sent so-called third-country deportees to some half a dozen African nations under opaque deals that Senate Democrats say have cost tens of millions of dollars.

OCTOBER 1, 2026|ByREUTERS

general view outside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse before a preliminary hearing for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer Christian Castro on September 18, 2026 in St Paul, Minnesota.

Immigration judge clears deportation of Milwaukee Muslim leader on security threat grounds

US President Donald Trump's administration, which has cracked down on pro-Palestinian voices, says Sarsour was convicted of throwing Molotov cocktails at the homes of Israeli armed forces.

OCTOBER 1, 2026|ByREUTERS

Yehonatan Ovadia, left, holds a Palestinian flag while participating in an anti-Israel protest alongside other anti-Zionist Hasidic Jews who are holding signs from the Neturei Karta group.

Anti-Zionist Hasidic man faces deportation to Israel after US protest arrest

Yehonatan Ovadia, an anti-Zionist Hasidic Jew detained by ICE after joining protests against Israel in New York, is now facing deportation back to Israel after his US visa extension was denied.

OCTOBER 1, 2026|ByJOSEPH STRAUSS/JTA

Trump admin. mistakenly deports Maryland father to one of El Salvador's harshest prisons

An "administrative error" saw a Maryland father deported to an El Salvador prison known for human rights violations.

APRIL 3, 2025ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD, REUTERS

Salvadoran prison guards stand next to alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang recently deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvad

Pro-Palestinian Cornell student to leave US after officials asked for surrender

The Cornell University student's attorneys said last month that he was asked to turn himself in and that his student visa was being revoked.

APRIL 1, 2025ByREUTERS

Risley Residential College, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.

Mahmoud Khalil issue: How Jews can pick sides in the antisemitism vs free speech debate - opinion

What side should we take in the debate of antisemitism vs. freedom of speech? Jews should imagine having this conversation with their grandparents and great-grandparents.

MARCH 30, 2025ByELCHANAN POUPKO

Muslim protesters pray outside the main campus of Columbia University during a demonstration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests against Israel at the university, in New York City, US, March 14, 2025.

US judge halts deportation of pro-Palestinian Turkish student at Tufts

A Massachusetts judge temporarily halted the deportation of a Turkish Tufts student detained after supporting Palestinians in Gaza.

MARCH 29, 2025ByREUTERS

Pro-Palestinian protesters and Class of 2024 graduates demonstrate outside of the Tufts University commencement.

Rubio says US may have revoked more than 300 visas

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas and warned that the Trump administration was looking every day for "these lunatics".

MARCH 28, 2025ByREUTERS

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, , U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, at Diriyah Palace

Trump administration detains Turkish student at Tufts, revokes visa

Fulbright scholar Rumeysa Ozturk was arrested days after writing on Palestinian rights.

MARCH 26, 2025ByREUTERS

A drone view shows the main campus of Tufts University, after the University said federal authorities have detained an international student studying at Tufts and have revoked their visa, in Somerville, Massachusetts, U.S., March 26, 2025.

Judge rules pro-Palestinian student and permanent US resident cannot be detained

Yunseo Chung has lived in the US since she was seven, and sued the Trump administration to prevent her deportation.

MARCH 26, 2025ByREUTERS

Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Nazis were treated better than Venezuelans deported by Trump, judge says at hearing

The Trump administration on March 15 deported more than 200 people to El Salvador, where they are being detained in the country's massive anti-terrorism prison.

MARCH 24, 2025ByREUTERS