Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist arrested over the weekend in New York, will remain in a Louisiana detention facility under Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Khalil was apprehended on Saturday at his New York residence and moved to a detention center in New Jersey before ultimately being transported to an ICE facility in Jena, Louisiana. Khali has been accused of participating in the violent anti-Israel protests at Columbia University last spring and distributing terrorist propaganda.
The Trump administration revoked Khalil’s green card. Yet on Monday, U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman temporarily blocked efforts to deport Khalil until both his defense team and the federal government appear in court.
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