The Trump administration is set to confront two temporary restraining order hearings on Tuesday about its initiatives to combat antisemitism on U.S. college campuses.

The first hearing concerns Mahmoud Khalil, a key figure in the Columbia University protests, who was detained by ICE recently, and whom the Trump administration wishes to deport. The second hearing involves Cornell University student Momodou Taal and two others, who claim their freedom of speech is under threat due to their participation in campus demonstrations.

In Khalil’s situation, a federal judge in New York City will consider his request for a temporary restraining order that would block Columbia University from providing Khalil’s disciplinary records, in addition to other student protesters’ records, to the Republican-led House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

The Trump administration will face two temporary restraining order hearings on Tuesday involving student protesters Mahmoud Khalil, inset, and Momodou Taal. (Getty Images)

Tall also filed an emergency motion to prevent an attempt to detain or deport him ahead of the hearing scheduled in Syracuse, New York, before U.S. District Judge Elizabeth C. Coombe.

Trump’s Department of Justice is seeking to have Taal, who is in the U.S. on a visa, surrender to immigration authorities, according to court documents. Taal holds dual citizenship in the United Kingdom and Gambia.

Taal, who has been an anti-Israel student activist since the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks, has praised the “resistance” against Israel several times on his X account. Despite being accepted on a student visa in 2022, Taal has also posted about his “hatred” for the U.S. and called for “the end of the US empire.”

An anti-Israel demonstrator holds a flag on the rooftop of Hamilton Hall at Columbia University in New York, on April 30, 2024. (Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Earlier this month, the Trump administration pulled $400 million in research grants and other funding over how Columbia University handled protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. In order to consider restoring those funds and billions more in future grants, federal officials demanded nine separate changes to the university’s academic and security policies, including overhauling its rules for protests and student discipline.

Trump in January signed an executive order on “Additional Measures to Combat Anti-Semitism.” The directive gave all federal agencies a 60-day window to identify civil and criminal authorities available to combat antisemitism and deport anti-Jewish activists who broke any laws. 

The Justice Department then formed a multi-agency taskforce to combat antisemitism.

Fox News’ Taylor Penley, Kendall Gastelu, Alexis McAdams, Jamie Joseph and The Associated Press contributed to this report.