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Explaining the Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri cases
Original: The Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri cases: an explainer
Two high-profile legal cases involving Mahmoud Khalil and Badar Khan Suri are being explained in a new analysis. Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist, and Suri, a Georgetown University researcher, both faced detention efforts by US immigration authorities amid the government's crackdown on campus activism. The explainer outlines the legal arguments, the courts' handling of each case, and the wider First Amendment and immigration law questions the two cases raise for foreign nationals in the United States.
Why now: The detention cases of two academics over their activism are testing the limits of US immigration and free-speech law, drawing broad public and legal attention.
Mahmoud KhalilBadar Khan SuriColumbia UniversityGeorgetown University
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