"The appeals panel sided with the government's argument that only the immigration courts had jurisdiction over the matter, in accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Our holdings vindicate essential principles of habeas and immigration law, the court said. The scheme Congress enacted governing immigration proceedings provides Khalil a meaningful forum in which to raise his claims later onin a petition for review of a final order of removal. We will therefore VACATE and REMAND with instructions to dismiss Khalil's habeas petition."
"The Palestinian activist, born in Syria and holding Algerian citizenship, is a lawful permanent resident and married to a US citizen. Khalil, who was pursuing a graduate degree at Columbia University, is one of dozens of foreign students that the Trump administration has targeted for deportation over their criticism of Israel. Rights advocates argue that the campaign violates US free speech rights to stifle criticism of a foreign nation."
An appeals court panel moved to dismiss Mahmoud Khalil's habeas petition in a two-to-one ruling, finding the federal court lacked jurisdiction. The decision leaves jurisdiction with administrative immigration courts under the Immigration and Nationality Act and vacated and remanded with instructions to dismiss the habeas petition. The ruling potentially enables Khalil's re-arrest; his lawyers are likely to appeal. Khalil, a Palestinian activist born in Syria with Algerian citizenship, is a lawful permanent resident married to a US citizen and a Columbia graduate student. He is among foreign students targeted for deportation over criticism of Israel, which rights advocates say threatens free speech.
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