Overview

• Khalil, a legal permanent resident and former Columbia graduate student, was arrested in Manhattan on March 8 after serving as a negotiator and spokesperson for pro-Palestinian protests.
• On June 11, Judge Michael Farbiarz ruled that detaining Khalil under a foreign policy declaration likely violated his First Amendment rights.
• The administration then argued Khalil had provided false information on his green card application, but Farbiarz found no credible evidence to support that allegation.
• After 104 days in a Louisiana ICE facility, Khalil was released on bail on June 20 and ordered to surrender his passport and comply with travel restrictions.
• The Department of Homeland Security has appealed the decision as rights groups frame the case as a pivotal test of free speech and immigration policy limits.