Supporters of detained Columbia student arrested after clash with NYPD as Trump admin seeks his deportation

About a dozen protesters demonstrating in support of former Columbia 
University student Mahmoud Khalil were arrested on Tuesday as they clashed 
with New York City Police.

Immigration enforcement agents arrested Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident, 
in New York on Saturday, and he has been moved to an immigration detention 
center in Louisiana as the Trump administration seeks to revoke his legal 
status and deport him for his involvement last year in anti-Israel 
protests on campus.

The White House said Tuesday that Khalil distributed pro-Hamas flyers on 
campus. 

"This is an individual who organized group protests that not only 
disrupted college campus classes and harassed Jewish American students and 
made them feel unsafe on their own college campus, but also distributed 
pro-Hamas propaganda flyers with the logo of Hamas," White House 
spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said. 

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman has ordered that Khalil, whose American 
wife is eight months pregnant, not be deported while the court considers 
the legal challenge brought by his lawyers, who argue the government is 
unlawfully retaliating against him for constitutionally protected speech. 
His lawyers want him brought back to New York and released under 
supervision.

On Tuesday, the NYPD made arrests after several protesters blocked a 
downtown street in Manhattan, even after warnings to clear the roadway, 
according to the New York Post.

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