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US appeals court rules Mahmoud Khalil deportation case can continue

In a separate but related development, the Trump administration reportedly fired two immigration judges who blocked the deportation of two pro-Palestine international students.

Columbia students, professors, gather in front of the University to rally in support of Mahmoud Khalil, Leqaa Kordia, and the numerous other community members who have been unlawfully detained by ICE, in New York City, United States, on March 09, 2026.
An immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent raises a finger moments after detaining a man during an immigration raid, on Sunday in Minneapolis.

ICE detains Palestinian-American mosque president in Wisconsin 'with no cause,' mosque says

Yeshiva World News website hacked by Iran. March 18, 2026.

Orthodox news site Yeshiva World News hacked in apparent Iranian cyberattack

Law enforcement vehicles are seen parked outside Temple Israel guarding the scene in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on March 13, 2026, after an person identified as Ayman Ghazali drove a vehicle into the building.

Michigan synagogue shooter had vehicle full of fireworks, shot himself during attack, FBI says


Homeland Security speechwriter promotes antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ theory on podcast

Several months after the Buffalo shooting, which killed 10 shoppers, Eric Lendrum endorsed the theory on his podcast, and it was not for the first time.

DHS speechwriter Eric Lendrum.

Homeland Security accused of tweeting antisemitic dog whistles

“Which way, American man?” the department’s official page posted Sunday, over a political cartoon from 1936 called “Uncle Sam at the Crossroads.” 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

DHS releases $94 million of security grants for Jewish institutions as remainder of funding stalls

The funds would “help protect Jewish faith-based institutions from further attacks," the agency said, citing recent violence in Washington DC and Colorado.

Security officers surround the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025, following a shooting that left two people dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum the day before.

Kristi Noem commemorates Washington terror victims in Jerusalem

"The US also has no partner more effective than Israel," Sa'ar added.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) greets US Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Noem (R) at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, May 26, 2025.

US offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport

In March, the administration launched a rebranded app called CBP Home to facilitate self-deportation.

 Migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico, in El Paso

US seeks to deport pro-Palestinian Georgetown University student

Badar Khan Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown's Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, which is part of the university's School of Foreign Service.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2024.

Judge temporarily blocks deportation of arrested pro-Palestinian student at Columbia

US District Court Judge Jesse Furman put a hold on the deportation "unless and until the Court orders otherwise."

 White House shares a photo of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student who was arrested over involvement with protests.

Three of the largest Jewish denominations are suing the Trump administration over ICE raids

The governing bodies of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements have challenged Trump's reversal of an order banning ICE from operating in churches and synagogues.

 Undocumented Mexican immigrants are photographed while being processed at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Phoenix, Ariz., April 28, 2010.

Kristi Noem: Launching a new era of US Homeland security, a terrorist's worst nightmare - opinion

During her confirmation hearings, Kristi Noem articulated a clear and forceful understanding of the national and international challenges that lie ahead.

 Confirmation hearing for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem

Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, opposed by coalition of Jewish groups, narrowly fails

Right-wing Republicans have been agitating for a year to impeach Mayorkas, who they say is neglecting the migrant influx at the US-Mexico border.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas holds news conference in Brownsville, Texas