Mahmoud Khalil Asks The Supreme Court For A Lifeline

Daily Wire · PBS NewsHour and PBS NewsHour report that Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent U.S. resident, petitioned the Supreme Court on Monday to confirm that federal courts can hear his case. PBS NewsHour, relaying the Associated Press, says he wants judges able to check immigration detentions quickly, so nobody is confined for months or years without oversight. He is challenging a 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals holding that courts must wait for immigration proceedings to finish; that holding is paused, and Khalil remains free.

In an X post, Khalil said the government is steering him toward "kangaroo immigration courts," according to Daily Wire · PBS NewsHour, which adds that ICE arrested him in March 2025 after he helped lead Columbia University protests. A federal judge in New Jersey freed him in June 2025; PBS NewsHour says that followed over three months in custody and a finding that the government acted unconstitutionally.

PBS NewsHour adds that the Department of Homeland Security defended the administration's authority, and that a 4th Circuit ruling in the Badar Khan Suri case conflicts with the 3rd Circuit's.

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