Perhaps the most newsworthy story in the Ozturk case came when she was released from detention in Louisiana and permitted to return to Massachusetts. The following post was published on May 12. Last week two significant decisions were made in the Ozturk v. Trump case. On Wednesday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Government’s request for a stay Continue reading

The Khalil case is the “poster boy” case for the government’s attempt to deport student activists protesting Israel. Khalil was a fairly high profile figure during the protests at Columbia in New York. He was the first of several students detained by ICE. His case may involve the most voluminous examination of a variety of Continue reading

On May 2, I published this post on Mahdawi v. Trump. Like Ozturk, Mahdawi was detained for alleged anti-Israeli activities as a student. This post gives an overview of the status of cases such as this. This week the District Court for the District of Vermont ruled in favor of a motion for release filed by the Continue reading