A federal judge has ruled that the federal government must release Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student whom the Trump administration is trying to deport.
A federal judge has ruled that the federal government must release Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student whom the Trump administration is trying to deport over his participation in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, the AP reports. But Khalil, a legal US resident, will remain in custody until at least Friday morning while the government decides whether to appeal, US District Judge Michael Farbiarz said Wednesday. He was detained by federal immigration agents on March 8 in the lobby of his university-owned apartment, the first arrest under President Trump’s move against students who joined campus protests against the war in Gaza.
