Attorneys for the Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil requested that a federal judge immediately release him on bail, or else transfer him to New Jersey to be closer to his family, as the Trump administration seeks to keep him in custody in Louisiana.
The latest request, filed Monday afternoon, follows a whirlwind week in the legal case against Khalil, a lawful permanent resident who has been detained since March on allegations that his presence in the country poses a threat to U.S. foreign policy.
While the judge, Michael Farbiarz, ruled that Khalil could not be deported for that reason, he declined Friday to grant Khalil’s release, pointing to a secondary rationale advanced by the government: that he had omitted information on his green card application about his work history and affiliations.
In their filing, lawyers for Khalil said the government’s move to keep him detained on those grounds was “exceedingly rare and extremely unusual,” reflecting the retaliatory nature of their case. Khalil has strongly disputed that he was not forthcoming on the application.
If the release is not granted, Khalil’s attorneys urged the judge to at least transfer him to a detention facility in New Jersey so he could be closer to his wife and newborn son.
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