Overview

• A federal judge concluded that deporting Khalil for his pro-Palestinian activism at Columbia likely violates his constitutional rights
• The judge declined to release Khalil from a Jena, Louisiana detention center due to allegations that he omitted personal details on his permanent residency application
• Khalil, a green-card holder, was detained by ICE on March 8 in New York and was transferred thousands of miles away under an administration crackdown on campus protests
• Secretary of State Marco Rubio invoked a rarely used immigration statute, citing potential foreign policy consequences, to support the deportation request
• Khalil’s attorneys contend his case represents an unprecedented attempt to silence constitutionally protected free speech