Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is away. On the news hour tonight, a judge

rules that a Columbia graduate student who protested against the war in Gaza can be deported,

how the case plays into the Trump administration's broader immigration crackdown. China again raises tariffs on goods from the United States, the latest escalation of the global

trade war.

And a sense of patriotism takes hold among the people of Taiwan in the face of growing threats

from the powerful country next door.

Taiwan has never, in its history, been ruled by the People's Republic of China,

and that has made a huge difference in our culture. Welcome to the News Hour.

Today, an immigration judge in Louisiana ruled that the Trump administration can deport

Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate student and legal permanent resident who was detained last month

for his role in campus protests against the war in Gaza. Judge Jamie Komen said the government

met its burden of evidence to support the determination that Khalil poses adverse foreign policy

consequences for the United States despite not being charged with a crime.

Our White House correspondent Laura Barone Lopez has been covering this and joins me now.

So Laura, the judge has decided that Khalil can be deported.

He won't be immediately deported, though.

Explain that in what happens next.

So the reason he won't be immediately deported is because there's two tracks happening at the same exact time.

Omna. Right now, there are the immigration court proceedings in Louisiana, and that's the judge we heard from today ruling that he can be deported.

And Khalil's lawyers are going to appeal that ruling today in immigration court seeking relief. Now, at the same time,

there is a federal judge in New Jersey that as early as today, because there's a hearing

occurring today, as early as today, that federal judge in New Jersey could decide whether

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