Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil can be deported, judge rules, but...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : Mahmoud Khalil can be deported over his involvement in anti-Israel demonstrations at Columbia University, an immigration judge ruled Friday in the closely watched case.
48% : His arrest was the result of a crackdown by the Trump administration on anti-Israel protesters at university campuses.
46% : His lawyers have been fighting the arrest both in immigration court and in New Jersey federal court where they filed a habeas corpus petition for his release on the grounds the arrest violated his First Amendment right to free speech, since the government allegedly targeted him for his anti-Israel activities. ICE and the Department of Homeland Security invoked an obscure law that allows a Secretary of State to deport noncitizens who potentially threaten US foreign policy.

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