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Pro-Palestinian Activist Appeals to US Supreme Court Against Deportation
A Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist has petitioned the United States Supreme Court to overturn a lower court ruling that cleared the path for federal authorities to re-detain and deport him. The legal battle stems from his campus activism and participation in anti-Israel demonstrations, which the State Department asserted conflicted with American foreign policy interests. Although a federal judge previously ordered his release from immigration detention, an appeals court reversed that decision. With ongoing legal challenges failing to block the deportation orders, his current petition seeks a final intervention by the nation's highest judicial body to halt removal proceedings.