Amid a slate of deportation orders targeting pro-Palestinian student activists, lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, appeared before a federal judge in New Jersey on Friday to argue for Khalil’s case to proceed outside of Louisiana.

Three New York Police Department officers entered Butler Library Thursday morning to respond to a graffiti incident in a men’s restroom, according to a Thursday email sent to library staff obtained by Spectator.

One day before Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers detained Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, at his University-owned apartment building, he emailed University officials pleading for protection amid threats of targeted deportation, his lawyers confirmed at a Wednesday press conference.

In protest of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s arrest of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, over 1,000 demonstrators gathered at Foley Square on Monday afternoon, where Khalil—a lawful permanent resident, according to his lawyer—was initially held after his Saturday detainment.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, SIPA ’24, has been moved to a detention facility in Louisiana following his arrest by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday, according to the ICE database.

Nearly four hours after pro-Palestinian protesters set up banners and flags in the lobby of the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning and declared the building the “Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Liberated Zone,” dozens of New York Police Department officers entered campus with helmets and zip ties, arresting nine protesters.

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the City College of New York Thursday to oppose New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hochul had been slated to hold a press conference at the school, but cancelled her appearance hours before, citing security concerns.