The Trump administration will face hearings of two temporary restraining orders on Tuesday regarding efforts to eradicate anti-Semitism across U.S. university campuses.
The first cases include Mahmoud Khalil, one of the Columbia University protesters who was detained by ICE earlier this month and have been deported by the Trump administration.
In Halil's case, a federal New York City judge hears a request for a temporary restraining order to prevent Columbia University from handing over Halil's disciplinary records and other student protestors to Republican-led House education and the workforce.
The Trump administration will face hearings of two temporary restraining orders on Tuesday, including student protesters Mahmoud Khalil, insets and Momodu Tar. (Getty Images)
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US District Judge Arun Subramanian last week ordered Columbia University to refrain from handing over records until today's hearing. The committee last month sent a letter requesting Columbia and Bernard University to provide a record of federal funding or billions of dollars in risk.
The Department of Homeland Security arrested Khalil, a Palestinian who grew up in Syria, to protect the US national security, claiming that Khalil “had led the operation along Hamas, a designated terrorist organization.”
The hearing comes as the Trump administration accused Halil of failing to disclose employment with the UN Palestinian Relief Agency regarding visa applications, and accused the omission of justifying deportation.
Meanwhile, Taal and two other plaintiffs are challenging President Donald Trump's executive order targeting anti-Semitism and his administration's efforts to expel protesters on campus. Taal, along with Cornell students Sriram Parasurama and Professor Mũkoma Wa Ngũgĩ, says the order is trying to deny the right to free speech of all non-citizens.
Mahmoud Khalil is said to have played a major role in Columbia University's protests against Israel. (Ted Shaffrey, file)
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Thor also filed an emergency motion before US District Judge Elizabeth C. Coomb to prevent attempts to detain or deport him ahead of a scheduled hearing in Syracuse, New York.
According to court documents, Trump's Justice Department is asking Tar, who is on a visa in the US, to surrender to immigration authorities. Tar holds double citizenship in the UK and Gambia.
Thar, an anti-Israel student activist since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, has praised “resistance” against Israel several times on his X account. Despite being accepted on a student visa in 2022, Tar also posted about his “hate” towards the United States, calling for the “end of the US Empire.”
Anti-Israel demonstrators raised the flag on April 30, 2024 on the rooftop of Columbia University's Hamilton Hall in New York. (Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled out $400 million in research grants and other funding on how Columbia University handled protests against Israel's military campaign in Gaza. To consider recovering more of these funds and billions with future grants, federal authorities have called for nine separate changes to the university's academic and security policies, including protests and overhauling rules regarding student discipline.
Playing cards in January I signed an executive order Regarding “additional measures to combat anti-Semitism.” The directive gave all federal agencies a 60-day window, identifying civil and criminal authorities available to combat anti-Semitism, and sending anti-Semitic activists who violated the law.
The Justice Department then formed a multi-agency task force to combat anti-Semitism.
Taylor Penley, Kendall Gastelu, Alexis McAdams, Jamie Joseph and the Associated Press of Fox News contributed to this report.
