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Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil freed from immigration detention
- Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist, was freed from federal immigration custody on Friday in Jena, Louisiana, following a judicial ruling.
- Khalil's detention stemmed from his March arrest in Manhattan linked to his role in pro-Palestinian student protests at Columbia University amid a Trump administration crackdown.
- District Judge Michael Farbiarz ruled Khalil is not a flight risk nor a danger, agreeing the government failed to meet detention standards and restricting his international travel.
- Khalil, who spent over three months detained and missed his son's birth and graduation, said "Justice prevailed, but it's very long overdue," while his wife expressed relief at his release.
- Khalil is required to hand over his passport and is prohibited from international travel, though he is permitted to move within the United States for purposes such as visiting family, attending court hearings, and engaging in lobbying activities, underscoring ongoing disputes related to free speech and immigration policies.
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Mahmoud Khalil: US student detained by immigration officials over pro-Palestinian protests released
Judge Michael Farbiarz said it would be "highly, highly unusual" for the government to continue detaining a legal resident who was unlikely to flee and hadn't been accused of any violence.
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Malay MailPro-Palestinian protest leader Mahmoud Khalil released from US custody
NEW YORK: Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student who was one of the most visible leaders of nationwide pro-Palestinian campus protests, was released Friday from a federal detention centre. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
The arrest of Chalil in March caused a lot of attention not only in the United States. Now the Pro-Palestinian activist has been released.
Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil has been released from an immigration jail
JENA, La. — Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil was released Friday from federal immigration detention, freed after 104 days by a judge’s ruling after becoming a symbol of President Donald Trump ’s clampdown on campus protests.The former Columbia University graduate student left a federal facility in Louisiana on Friday. He is expected to head to New York to reunite with his U.S. citizen wife and infant son, born while Khalil was detained.“Justi…
New York, Jun 20 (EFE).- A federal judge in New Jersey ordered this Friday that activist Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian student at Columbia University who is being deported by the Trump administration, be released on bail from the detention center he is in Louisiana since last March, but it is not known if that will finally happen. It is the second time that Judge Michael E. Farbiarz, from the federal court in Newark, New Jersey, ordered the rele…
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