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Mahmoud Khalil,<\/strong> a pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student arrested by U.S. immigration agents in March, was able to hold his month-old son<\/a> this week after a federal judge intervened to thwart efforts by President Donald Trump<\/strong>\u2019s administration to keep the father and newborn separated by a plexiglass barrier.<\/p>\n Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the United States and Columbia University student, has become a symbol<\/a> for the Trump administration\u2019s crackdown on those who participated in pro-Palestinian, anti-war protests on college campuses.<\/p>\n Federal authorities have not accused Khalil of a crime, but the State Department revoked his green card<\/a> under a little-used provision of US immigration law allowing the deportation of any non-citizen whose presence in the country is deemed adverse to US foreign policy interests \u2014a claim<\/a> that his lawyers, friends, family, and several people connected to Columbia have held is false.<\/p>\n Khalil, 30, a Palestinian who was born and raised in a refugee camp in Syria, entered the US on a student visa in 2022, according to Reuters<\/a>, and became a lawful permanent resident in 2024 through his wife, Dr. Noor Abdalla<\/strong>, an American citizen.<\/p>\n