Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil's case to remain in New Jersey
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The Associated Press |
A federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation should continue to play out in New Jersey, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to transfer the Columbia Universi...
NJ.com |
The ruling does not guarantee that Khalil will be moved out of a detention facility in Louisiana, where he is being held as the government seeks his deportation for his role in campus protests agains...
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The Department of Justice had moved to have a petition that claims Khalil's detention violates his Constitutional rights dismissed.
The Trump administration has sought to deport Columbia University graduate Mahmoud Khalil for leading the pro-Palestinian protests and sit-ins at the Ivy League institution.
New York Judge Jesse Furman had transferred the case to New Jersey, but a fight has ensued over which court has jurisdiction. Khalil, currently held in Louisiana, was snatched by ICE agents on March 8 and initially held in New Jersey.