Backing Khalil is not a great issue, but backing Khalil is better than backing these other hundreds of people that are really serious criminals,” the president argued.
The White House said Monday it has concluded its review into how a journalist was added to a Signal message group chat, as high-ranking officials discussed military strikes in Yemen, calling the case "closed.
He remains in detention in Louisiana as his attorneys fight his detention and the Trump administration argues he "led activities aligned to Hamas."
A hearing will be held on Tuesday for detained Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil and seven other students who are attempting to block the university from sharing private disciplinary records with a GOP-led House committee.
The Trump administration has drawn pushback for attempting to deport a permanent resident under an obscure and untested Cold War-era statute. Here's what to know.
A group of eight Democratic Senators on Friday accused the Trump administration of abusing immigration laws in arresting student Mahmoud Khalil.
And Mahmoud is so excited ... But in the days following Khalil's arrest, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt painted a quite different picture, calling Khalil "an individual who organized ...
Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate ... a designated terrorist organization.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on March 11 that Khalil organized protests that ...