An immigration choose has given attorneys representing the Division of Homeland Safety just a little over 24 hours to offer Mahmoud Khalil’s authorized group with proof that he’s detachable from the U.S. underneath the allegations lobbed towards him.
Khalil, authorized everlasting resident with a inexperienced card, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at his Columbia College housing in New York final month.
Khalil, a pacesetter of the encampment protests at Columbia final spring, was detained on March 8, then taken to an immigration detention facility in Elizabeth, New Jersey, earlier than ending up in a Louisiana detention middle, his attorneys mentioned.
Muslim protesters pray outdoors the primary campus of Columbia College throughout an illustration to denounce the immigration arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who helped lead protests towards Israel on the college, in New York Metropolis, March 14, 2025.
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At an immigration listening to in Jena, Louisiana, on Tuesday, Choose Jamee Comans set one other listening to for Friday to provide Khalil’s group time to evaluation the proof and reply to it.
Comans mentioned she’s going to then make a dedication whether or not he’s detachable or order him to be launched.
Khalil’s spouse, who appeared by way of video feed at his listening to, is about to provide delivery inside “a few weeks,” in keeping with Khalil’s lawyer, Marc Van Der Hout.
