New York — A Manhattan federal court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student that the Trump Administration is trying to deport over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests at the school.

NEW Y0ORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Wednesday will hold a hearing over a Columbia University student's challenge to his arrest by immigration authorities, a case that has become a flashpoint of the Trump administration's pledge to deport pro-Palestine college activists.

The judge will consider free speech issues as hundreds march to support Mr Mahmoud Khalil. Read more at straitstimes.com.