The admission contradicts earlier claims by immigration agents, who wrote in their initial arrest report that they had a warrant. Khalil's attorney said the warrantless arrest amounted to ...

The Trump administration had no arrest warrant for former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil when he was detained, court documents on Thursday showed. In the documents, the government said ...

But amid ongoing backlash the Department of Homeland Security is now arguing a warrant was not needed before the arrest, alleging Khalil was a “flight risk” in claims his supporters branded ...

The Trump administration said in court filings that it detained Mahmoud Khalil without an arrest warrant, fearing he would be a “flight risk.” Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student ...

Federal immigration agents did not have a warrant when they arrested anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil last month and defended their actions in new court documents, saying the arrest was legal.

In a filing, the government stated that generally a warrant of arrest must be obtained, but that officers had "exigent circumstances to conduct the warrantless arrest" of Khalil. The government ...

Attorneys for the Department of Justice said federal agents did not have an arrest warrant when they took Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil into custody because the agents believed he ...

Federal authorities arrested anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil without a warrant last month, lawyers for the Trump administration admitted Thursday – but argued officers didn’t have a choice.

An attorney for the department argued that when ICE agents went to arrest Khalil in New York in early March, they were able to do so without a warrant because they feared he would “escape ...