"A federal appeals court on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that ordered the release of the former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, delivering Donald Trump's administration a victory in its efforts to deport the pro-Palestinian activist. A 2-1 panel of the Philadelphia-based third US circuit court of appeals ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit Khalil filed challenging his detention after finding that federal immigration law stripped the lower court of jurisdiction over his claims."
"Circuit judges Thomas Hardiman and Stephanos Bibas said in their opinion: The scheme Congress enacted governing immigration proceedings provides Khalil a meaningful forum in which to raise his claims later on in a petition for review of a final order of removal. That scheme ensures that petitioners get just one bite at the apple not zero or two, adding: But it also means that some petitioners, like Khalil, will have to wait to seek relief for allegedly unlawful government conduct."
A federal appeals court reversed a lower court order that had directed the release of Mahmoud Khalil from immigration detention, allowing deportation efforts to proceed. The Third Circuit dismissed Khalil's lawsuit challenging his detention after finding that federal immigration statutes remove lower-court jurisdiction over such claims. The court said the immigration-review scheme provides a meaningful forum to raise claims later in a petition for review of a final removal order. The judges noted the scheme limits petitioners to a single opportunity to raise claims and may require some to wait for relief. Khalil is a permanent resident and prominent pro-Palestinian campus activist; his detention drew criticism from civil liberties groups.
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