A US District Court judge ruled Monday that Mahdawi not be removed from the United States or Vermont while the court proceeds with his petition against the arrest.
This comes after the university pledged to address Trump's concerns over its handling of pro-Palestinian protests, which led to the administration cutting $400 million in grants.
This comes after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Khalil's “otherwise lawful” views conflict with the Trump administration's policy on antisemitism.
"If he's not removable, I'm going to be terminating this case on Friday," Assistant Chief Immigration Judge Jamee Comans said.
Rabbi Dr. Richard Gamboa Ben-Eleazar regularly takes to social media to denounce Zionist Jews as "Nazis" and "false Jews."
Columbia said that it had learned that four current international students had their visas revoked during a review of the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) database.
Khalil, who is currently being held at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, instructed students at Columbia to “not abdicate their responsibility to resist repression.”
The chains and bindings were removed by security personnel, and the students were removed from the campus area.
CUAD said on X Monday that Meta's decision was part of a collusion between corporations and governments to censor pro-Palestinian activity.
Letters were sent to Barnard College, Bowdoin College, Northwestern University, Pomona College, and Sarah Lawrence College.