Overview

• U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz ruled on June 16 that the government may continue detaining Mahmoud Khalil based on alleged misrepresentations in his green card application
• Farbiarz had earlier barred the administration from holding Khalil on claims that his presence threatened U.S. foreign policy interests
• The Department of Justice alleges Khalil omitted details about his work history and affiliations, a charge he and his lawyers describe as false and pretextual
• Khalil remains held in a Louisiana facility and his attorneys have invoked an ICE directive to request transfer to New Jersey so he can be near his wife and newborn son
• Civil liberties groups including the ACLU argue the detention is retaliatory for Khalil’s pro-Palestinian activism and continue to challenge the use of the Cold War–era statute