Overview

• Judge Michael Farbiarz found that the statute used to target Mahmoud Khalil is “unconstitutionally vague” as applied to his pro-Palestinian activism and that Khalil is likely to succeed on his constitutional challenge
• The judge declined to order Khalil’s release and instead requested additional legal submissions on separate claims that he failed to disclose affiliations and employment on his permanent residency paperwork
• Khalil has been detained in a Louisiana ICE facility since his arrest in March, causing him to miss his graduation ceremony and the birth of his first child
• The Trump administration invoked Section 1227, a rarely used Cold War-era provision, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s determination that Khalil’s campus protests compromised U.S. foreign policy interests
• Khalil’s legal team has filed a FOIA request seeking records of alleged coordination between federal officials and anti-Palestinian groups that doxxed him prior to his detention