The arrest of the pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil on Saturday in New York and his detainment in Louisiana is drawing strong pushback from Americans who say the Trump administration’s plans to deport him violate his First Amendment rights.

Demonstrators plan to rally in New York City on Monday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate arrested by federal immigration agents — a detainment that President Donald Trump said was the "first arrest of many to come.

The arrest of a Palestinian activist who helped organize campus protests of the war in Gaza has sparked questions about whether foreign students and green card holders are protected against being deported from the U.