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January 16, 2026

Appellate Court Overturns Ruling That Freed Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil
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A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that freed Palestinian
activist Mahmoud Khalil from a Louisiana ICE jail in June of last year.
Advocates fear the move could pave the way for the Trump administration
to rearrest Khalil, a Columbia University graduate who became the first
pro-Palestinian campus protester to be jailed by Trump officials as part
of a nationwide crackdown. We'll speak to Mahmoud Khalil later in the
broadcast.


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