“The Trump administration originally maintained that Khalil – as well as other foreign scholars it detained over their pro-Palestine advocacy – posed a threat to the government’s foreign policy objectives in fighting antisemitism, citing a little-used immigration statute from the McCarthy era.”

“Government lawyers later argued that Khalil’s deportation would be justified on the grounds that he omitted details in his green card application”

“last fall, a federal judge in Boston ruled in a blistering opinion in a related case that the detentions of pro-Palestinians had been unconstitutional and designed to chill speech.”

“During that trial, immigration officials involved in the detentions revealed that government officials had relied on dossiers compiled by far-right, pro-Israel groups to target those students.”