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A divided federal appeals court on Friday declined to reconsider a ruling in Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil’s case that opened the door to President Donald Trump’s administration re-arresting and deporting the pro-Palestinian activist.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.The 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals on a 6-5 vote rejected Khalil’s request to revisit a ruling a 2-1 panel of the Philadelphia-based court delivered in January that had concluded a lower-court judge had no jurisdiction to order his release from immigration detention last year. He was among the most prominent of a number of foreign students detained last year by immigration authorities after engaging in pro-Palestinian activism on their college campuses as part of a broad effort by the Trump administration. Six judges appointed by Republican presidents were in the majority, while five Democratic appointees voted to rehear the case,
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