Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist detained by ICE, are fighting to keep his case in N.J.
Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist being held in an immigration detention center in Louisiana, are fighting to have the case heard in New Jersey.
Khalil remains in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, as President Trump’s administration seeks to deport him.
The Southern District of New York ruled last week the case should be heard in New Jersey, where Khalil was detained when his attorneys filed a petition on his behalf. The federal government then filed a motion to keep him in custody in Louisiana and have the case proceed from there.
At a hearing Friday at a courthouse in Newark about where the case will be held, the judge did not issue a ruling but said he would respond quickly. He also said he would not rule on the issue of bail until after the jurisdiction is determined.
« This is a case where the United States government has created a policy targeting Palestinian activists, and specifically Mahmoud Khalil, for arrest, detention and potential removal, because the United States government disagrees with his constitutionally protected right to dissent from U.
