Hundreds of protesters chanted “Release Mahmoud Khalil now!” as they gathered by a giant American flag on Saturday in Times Square to demand the release of Khalil, a former Columbia University student who the Trump administration is attempting to deport after he led pro-Palestinian protests in New York.

Khalil has been held at a federal immigration facility in Louisiana for weeks as a legal battle to keep him in the country plays out.

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Protesters started in Times Square to call for the release of former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil

Protesters rallied against a ruling Friday by an immigration judge in Louisiana, in which the judge said Khalil can be forced out of the United States because he satisfies the requirements for deportation as a na

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