A federal judge in New Jersey on Friday ordered that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil must be released from detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement as his immigration proceedings play out.
U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz heard arguments from Khalil’s attorneys, who asked him to free Khalil from detention or transfer him to New Jersey. Farbiarz sided with Khalil’s team and determined that he is not a threat to the community, not a flight risk and that his detention has been “highly unusual.”
Khalil is a green card holder who was detained by immigration agents in March and is currently being held in Louisiana.
Since Farbiarz ruled last week that Khalil cannot be detained simply based on a declaration from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Department of Homeland Security has kept Khalil detained based on allegations that he omitted details from his green card application.
“It’s overwhelmingly unlikely that a lawful permanent resident would be held on the remaining charge here,” Farbiarz said, adding that “there is an effort to use the immigration charge here to punish the petitioner” for his anti-Israel speech.
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Author: Marty Kaufmann
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