Detained pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a lawsuit to prevent Columbia University from sharing student disciplinary records with a Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee. Khalil's lawyers have also asked a federal judge to release him from immigration detention, arguing that he was targeted for arrest and deportation due to his advocacy, violating his First Amendment rights. The case has become a focal point for Trump's pledge to deport activists involved in protests against Israel's military assault on Gaza. Student protest organizers argue that criticism of Israel is being wrongly conflated with antisemitism.