WASHINGTON: A federal appeals panel on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail, bringing the government one step closer to detaining and ultimately deporting the Palestinian activist. The three-judge panel of the 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals didn’t decide the key issue in Khalil’s case: whether the Trump administration’s effort to throw Khalil out of the US over his campus activism and criticism of Israel is unconstitutional.

The move brings the Columbia University graduate closer to potential deportation.

Appeals court justice dismiss order that released Khalil from immigration detention, potentially enabling his re-arrest.

The U.S. Court of Appeals vacated a previous order on Jan. 15 that secured Khalil’s release from detention and temporarily blocked his deportation.

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday overturned the ruling that freed prominent pro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil, reopening the possibility that...

A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that a lower court didn't have the authority to order the release of Syrian immigrant Mahmoud Khalil.

WASHINGTON: A federal appeals panel on Thursday reversed a lower court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from an immigration jail,…