A district judge ruled Wednesday that Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and former Columbia pro-Palestinian activist, can no longer be detained by the federal government over claims he is ...

Khalil has been detained since he was arrested in March. The government has argued that the secretary of state can “personally determine” whether he should remain in the country.

CBS News reports Khalil cannot be deported or detained for foreign policy reasons that were argued by the Trump Administration. New Jersey Federal Judge Michael Farbiarz ordered for Khalil’s ...

The judge is staying his injunction until Friday to allow the Department of Homeland Security time to appeal the decision.

Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil exited an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Louisiana on Friday night, after a federal judge ordered his release while his ...

Khalil is suing the government for false imprisonment and other harms. He should win—but will the courts let him?

Federal judge rules for the release of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil from ... Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, was detained on March 8 at his apartment building in Manhattan over his ...