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  1. June 16, 2025

    Khalil Asks Judge For Release On Bail Or Transfer To NJ

    Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys on Monday urged a New Jersey federal judge to immediately release the Palestinian rights activist on bail, or at least allow his return to the Garden State from Louisiana to be closer to his wife and newborn son.

  2. June 13, 2025

    NJ Judge Accepts Feds' New Bid To Keep Khalil Jailed

    A New Jersey federal judge on Friday declined Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's request to be released from immigration detention after the Trump administration said earlier in the day it has alternative grounds to keep him behind bars.

  3. June 11, 2025

    Feds Can't Detain Khalil Or Seek His Deportation, Judge Rules

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday barred the Trump administration from detaining and trying to deport Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil, citing damage to Khalil's career and reputation and a "chilling effect" on Khalil's First Amendment right to free speech.

  4. June 09, 2025

    Feds Say Columbia Grad's Release Bid Lacks Harm Showing

    Columbia graduate Mahmoud Khalil should be denied a court order for his release, the government argued in a letter Monday to a New Jersey federal judge, saying he has not met his burden to prove irreparable harm.

  5. June 05, 2025

    'Rubio Determination' Must Be Stricken, Khalil Says

    Attorneys for Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil asked a New Jersey federal court to block Secretary of State Marco Rubio's doctrine of linking deportation with foreign policy interests, telling the court that he will suffer irreparable harm if his detention on foreign policy grounds continues.

  6. May 28, 2025

    Use Of Law To Detain Khalil Found Likely Unconstitutional

    A New Jersey federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration's use of a section of immigration law to detain Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil is likely unconstitutional, citing several "strikes" against the law's application for Khalil's detainment.

  7. May 27, 2025

    Khalil Says ICE Detention Blocking Access To Lawyers, Family

    Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil told a New Jersey federal judge on Tuesday that his continued detention at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Louisiana has been blocking him from meaningful access to his attorneys and wife during his habeas proceedings.

  8. May 07, 2025

    3rd Circ. Rejects Feds' Bid To Challenge Venue In Khalil Case

    A Third Circuit panel rejected the Trump administration's last-ditch attempt to transfer Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil's challenge to his detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from New Jersey federal court to Louisiana federal court.

  9. May 02, 2025

    Judge Blocks Feds' Appeal In Khalil's Unlawful Detention Suit

    A New Jersey federal judge refused to pave the way for the government to appeal his opinion that the court has jurisdiction over Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit claiming the Trump administration is unlawfully detaining him for his political views, reasoning that he issued an opinion, not an appealable order.

  10. April 29, 2025

    NJ Court Says It Can Hear Khalil's Unlawful Detention Suit

    Columbia University graduate and pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can move forward with his lawsuit claiming the Trump administration is unlawfully detaining him because of his political views, a New Jersey federal judge ruled Tuesday, rejecting the government's argument that immigration law strips the court of its jurisdiction.