{"id":795,"date":"2026-05-11T21:28:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=795"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:28:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:28:23","slug":"mahmoud-khalils-lawyer-calls-immigration-case-a-sham-after-revelation-it-was-fast-tracked-by-doj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"Mahmoud Khalil\u2019s lawyer calls immigration case a \u2018sham\u2019 after revelation it was fast-tracked by DoJ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian activist is awaiting another legal decision on a separate track in a narrowing effort to stay in the US<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A lawyer for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/mahmoud-khalil\">Mahmoud Khalil<\/a>, the first noncitizen activist arrested in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/trump-administration\">Trump administration<\/a> crackdown on pro-Palestinian speech, called his client\u2019s immigration proceedings \u201cpreordained and a complete sham\u201d after it was revealed that the case was prioritized to be fast-tracked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese revelations make clear that this case has been controlled from day one by higher-ups in the administration,\u201d said Marc Van Der Hout, an attorney on Khalil\u2019s legal team, in a statement. \u201cThe immigration judge was hand-picked and the Board of Immigration Appeals decision was predetermined. We will continue to fight for Mahmoud in every court we can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/11\/mahmoud-khalil-doj-case-fast-tracked\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palestinian activist is awaiting another legal decision on a separate track in a narrowing effort to stay in the US Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=795\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}