Judge temporarily blocks deportation of NYC pro-Palestinian activist, Columbia grad arrested by ICE NEW YORK -- A federal judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate who was detained by ICE agents over the weekend in New York, while he weighs the petition challenging Khalil's arrest. The judge's decision comes as several hundred protesters massed Monday in Lower Manhattan to demand the release of Khalil, who was detained on Saturday. "He was arrested for speaking out against genocide," said Marian Osman, one of the organizers. "We have a right to free speech....