On Friday the government said it was also holding Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the United States, on a charge of immigration fraud.
A U.S. judge on Friday denied Mahmoud Khalil's request to be released from detention, after federal prosecutors changed their rationale for holding the Columbia graduate student as part of its crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists.
Newark, New Jersey-based U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz on Wednesday said the government could not use foreign policy interests to justify Khalil's detention.
On Friday the government said it was also holding Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the United States, on a charge of immigration fraud.
In response, Farbiarz said Khalil's lawyers had not successfully argued why it was unlawful for the government to hold him on the charge, which he has denied.
.jpg)
0 Comments