Deportation

Anti-Israel Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi fights deportation to Jordan

Mahdawi, who was arrested last April for undermining US foreign policy and government counter-antisemitism efforts with his pro-Palestinian campus activism, had been ordered removed to Jordan.

Demonstrators hold placards that read "Free Mohsen" in reference to Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, who was detained, as they gather at Foley Square in Manhattan, New York City, US, April 15, 2025.
US President Donald Trump reacts as he and members of his administration deliver remarks to reporters on the Trump administration's support for coal energy production, among other topics, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington

US Senate passes $70 billion bill for immigration and border patrol, ICE

Mahmoud Khalil attends a vigil and protest for Palestine outside of Columbia University on October 7, 2025 in New York City.

Court won't revisit Mahmoud Khalil ruling, opening door to pro-Palestinian activist's rearrest

Israeli activist Zohar Chamberlain Regev (L, born and raised in Kibbutz Kfar Hahoresh near Nazareth), member of a flotilla bound for Gaza and one of dozens of activists that were detained when the flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces, arrives at a court in Ashkelon, Israel on May 21, 2026.

Israeli flotilla activist released under conditions as foreign participants deported


Israel’s Supreme Court rules HRW Director can be deported over BDS

Human Rights Watch is weighing an appeal to a larger judicial panel of the verdict by a three judges. If not appeal is lodged, Shakir could be asked to leave the country within 20-day.

Omar Shakir from Human Rights Watch

Tel Aviv court cancels deportation of 2 Israeli-born children of Filipina workers

The Tel Aviv Court of Appeals on Sunday canceled the deportation orders against Gena Antigo, 13, and Ralph Harel, 10 and their mothers.

Filipino children protest their imminent deportation outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Israel

Compassion vs. law

Several Israeli radio and television news anchors have expressed outrage at the way Israeli-born children of Filipino descent are being treated by PIBA.

Filipino children protest their imminent deportation outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Israel

Legality vs. morality

Many of them are described as selfless, dedicated and devoted to their employers.

Filipino children protest their imminent deportation outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem, Israel

Is deportation of Filipinos a legal, moral or law enforcement issue? - analysis

There is no real obvious legal obstacle to deporting Filipinos workers whose visas have expired.

Filipinos in Israel

Detroit man dies after being deported to Iraq

Jimmy Aldaoud moved to the US as a child and lived most of his life in Detroit, Michigan.

ICE agents make drug bust in Arizona desert

U.S. targets Iraqis for deportation in wake of travel ban deal

The actions came as part of the Trump administration’s push to increase immigration enforcement and make countries, which have resisted in the past, take back nationals ordered deported from the U.S.

Chaldean-American Lavrena Kenawa cries as she thinks about her uncle who was seized on Sunday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a rally outside the Mother of God Catholic Chaldean church in Southfield

Foreign-born model in Israel fears deportation

She still gets scared when she sees police, fearing “a situation where they’ll say, ‘Give me your identity card.’”

Monica Joseph's modeling page on YuliGroup

HRW head says no one questions Israel's right to exist as democratic state

Roth added that "Israel can define itself any way it wants. Lots of governments define themselves in nationalist terms."

Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth

Illegal immigrants released pending appeal against deportation

Approximately 100 children born in Israel to foreign workers face deportation from Israel.

Ofrecina Cuenca and her son Michael James