Overview

• U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz refused to order Khalil’s release and allowed ICE to continue detaining him on charges that he omitted key information on his green card application.
• Farbiarz had previously ruled that the Trump administration’s foreign policy justification under Secretary of State Marco Rubio was likely unconstitutional but did not extend that finding to the fraud allegation.
• On June 16, Khalil’s lawyers renewed requests for bail or a transfer to a New Jersey facility so he can be closer to his wife and their newborn son ahead of Father’s Day.
• Supporters and civil liberties groups, including the ACLU, argue that the detention is retaliation for Khalil’s pro-Palestinian activism and emphasize the hardship of his family separation.
• Khalil, a lawful permanent resident and former Columbia graduate student, has been held in Louisiana since March and has missed both his graduation ceremony and the birth of his first child.